In her spare time, Lo quietly collected Chinese jewelry, especially "finger pieces, " including jade ornaments, precious stones and items linked to China's ancient times.
Sunday, the French company said it acquired a majority stake in the Chinese fine jewelry brand Qeelin.
For example, late in 2012, it announced the acquisition of a majority stake in Chinese luxury jewelry brand, Qeelin, and last month announced it acquired a majority stake in the luxury designer brand, Christopher Kane.
This trend will only accelerate as the middle class expands in mid-sized and smaller cities, because only one-fifth of lower-income Chinese currently own diamond jewelry.
The graph would include little spikes marking the high points of Mesopotamian agriculture, Egyptian construction and jewelry, Chinese gunpowder and paper, Athenian education, Roman roads and aqueducts, and so on.
Spending plans across the board in each of the 26 luxury categories were substantially higher in China than in Europe and the U.S., with some of the biggest disparities showing in apparel, watches, jewelry and gifts where Chinese consumers were six to seven times more likely to boost spending, according to the survey.
Pre-Columbian animal figures went in, along with prehistoric "mirrors" of hammered gold, ancient Chinese faces carved from jade and antique jewelry with rubies and emeralds.
Across the Chinese retail sector, gold, silver and jewelry demand was the strongest performing segment in 2011, says J.
He said the Year of the Pig has significance in the Chinese calendar, and noted that type of jewelry was popular in Asian cultures, but little other information had yet been gleaned from the jewelry.
The WGC sees domestic demand for gold jewelry and investment driving 20 percent growth in Chinese gold demand during 2012.
There have been other recent reports from the gold bull gang crowing that Chinese gold consumption will double over the next decade due to jewelry consumption.
Indian silver-jewelry demand was up 6.6%, while Chinese demand climbed 4.1% to a record high of 56.6 million ounces.
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While jewelry represents a large percentage of gold purchases in the country, Chinese can also purchase gold at their local bank.
It is no secret that the Chinese market likes branded, Western goods, with purchasing in China driving higher end apparel, jewelry and auto sales.
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