Many signs show that Hangzhou is gradually becoming a "third luxury goods empire" with its scale of luxury goods market behind that of Beijing and Shanghai.

种种迹象表明，杭州正逐渐成为国内“第三奢侈品帝国”，奢侈品市场规模仅次于北京和上海。

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May, 1986, a man wearing a long coat reminiscent of the Qing empire period, a battered guitar on his back, one trouser leg higher than the other, jumped on to the stage of Beijing Workers Gymnasium.

1986年5月9日，一个人穿了一件颇像大清帝国时期的长褂子，身背一把破吉他，两裤脚一高一低地蹦上北京工人体育馆的舞台。

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Costumed representatives of the ethnic minorities on the marches of the empire come to Beijing to take up their seats.

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