They've become one of the world's most influential social groups and now a little more light has been shed on the makeup of China's rising band of rich.
The HSBC corporation and international research company...
Carlos Slim Helu remained the world's richest person, but Asia is where today's big money is flowing, Forbes magazine said in its 2011 list of the world's billionaires.
Slim, who is almost unknown to the...
China will be the world's biggest luxury goods market by 2020 as its economy booms and an emerging middle class spends a growing chunk of their cash on high-end items.
Over the next decade, Chinese...
A Chinese face or two in the crowd at the world's auction houses often means one thing: the gavel will fall on a price far beyond the seller's wildest dreams.
Fierce bidding by Chinese buyers...
Luxury-brand awareness is growing among China's super rich, who recognize 20% more of the lavish brands than they did last year, according to the Hurun Report.
The 2011 Best of The Best Survey, which interviewed...
After years of waiting for China to lift heavy restrictions on airspace, wealthy travellers and aircraft manufacturers have reason to celebrate -- the country's skies are opening up to private flights.
The makers of helicopters...
US jeweller Tiffany & Co is aiming to make a major push into China as it seeks to tap a growing appetite for luxury goods among the country's new wealthy.
"China will rapidly become the...
The Hurun Research Institute published the 2010 Hurun Wealth Report today for the second consecutive year.
The report analyses the number and distribution of China's wealthy across the nation's major cities and provinces.
The report shows...
