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Reflecting the automaker's desire to catch up to ultra-luxury competitors like Rolls-Royce and Bentley, this week Aston Martin unveiled its largest showroom in China, and its second in Shanghai, in the city's Pudong district. Read More

Currently focused on inland Chinese expansion, the British ultra-luxury automaker Bentley is set to debut its limited-edition Zagato collaboration in China, setting aside two customized vehicles out of nine globally for the Asian market. Read More

With the luxury market in cities like Beijing, Shanghai and even Shenyang becoming increasingly crowded, luxury giant Louis Vuitton has spent the last several years in China ramping up its inland expansion and rethinking its strategy in top-tier cities. Read More

With more top luxury brands putting a greater emphasis on southwestern China, where consumers are still at a relatively early stage of high-end consumption, booming Chongqing is fast becoming a critical market. Read More

As the Chinese government clarified this week, the tax moves will not do away with the luxury tax altogether, but will rather decrease it to anywhere from two to 15 percent, depending on the product. Read More

Having entered the China market in 2006, Costa Cruise has targeted potential outbound Chinese travelers who are unable to afford flights to Europe or the U.S. Read More

While Chengdu is known more for spicy food than wine appreciation, the Chengdu Evening News notes this week that the increasing wealth that's pumping up the city's luxury market is now attracting some of the world's top wineries. Read More

Though low-end Yangtze River cruise tours have been around for years, more recently Chongqing has established itself as the epicenter of the region's burgeoning "five-star" cruise market. Read More

Considering it's larger than Taiwan and nearly as populous as Canada, it is somewhat surprising that many of the world's top luxury brands have yet to enter Chongqing, one of China's four direct-controlled municipalities. Read More

This year, construction is scheduled to begin on the world's largest duty-free emporium, which is due to open doors in Haitang Bay, Sanya in Hainan province in 2012. On a somewhat smaller scale, companies like the luxury leathergoods company MCM (Mode Creation Munich) have begun to open duty-free boutiques in emerging cities like Chongqing. Read More