Chinese Go Overseas to Buy Their Nikes and Handbags

When Arial Zhang, a Beijing attorney, boarded a recent flight from the U.S. back to China she had a duffle bag stuffed with Nike shoes and designer clothes under her arm.
Chinese Go Overseas to Buy Their Nikes and Handbags
Pedestrians walk by a NikeTown store May 15, 2009 in San Francisco, California. In 2009, 56 percent of mainland Chinese's luxury purchases were made abroad (including Hong Kong and Macau), amounting to 87 billion yuan, or US$13.4 billion. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
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Pedestrians walk by a NikeTown store May 15, 2009 in San Francisco, California. In 2009, 56 percent of mainland Chinese's luxury purchases were made abroad (including Hong Kong and Macau), amounting to 87 billion yuan, or US$13.4 billion. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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