Charles Frith In China: Luxury In Beijing

Apple Sets Up Shop in Beijing
With less than three weeks until Beijing’s summer Olympic games, Apple has opened its first retail store in Beijing, and, indeed, in all of mainland China. The impressive t...

“Boomtown Beijing” Chronicles Beijing-ers Lives in Run-Up to Olympics
With less than 100 days before the start of the Olympics in China, the whole country and especially Beijing is gearing up for an eventful summer. To chronicle the run-up to the ...

Innovative New Start-Ups Target the Chinese Mobile Market
Mobile is king in China with an average of four mobiles for every computer. So it makes sense that a lot of innovation in the China market is currently focused on developing appl...

Flashmobbing for a Cause in China
Yesterday, Chinese flashmobbers in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen gathered themselves outside bookstores throughout the four cities and, en masse, began reading. Flash...

China Design Now
China is huge. China is becoming topical. Yet China remains mystery to most people in the West. ‘Made in China’ has become a familiar tag, but the spectacular creative energy...

Worried British Luxury Brands Launch Ad Campaign
A group of high-profile British luxury goods companies including Burberry, Harrods and Fortnum & Mason have launched a major campaign aimed at boosting the image of the luxury go...