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New site promotes French luxury labels in China

October 29, 2009 By The Associated Press  JENNY BARCHFIELD (Associated Press Writer)

PARIS (AP) — A new Web site launched Thursday gives China's 1.3 billion people a chance to ogle French luxury, from designer clothing to diamond-dripping watches and glittering gold jewelry, as part of a bid by French houses to tap into the Asian giant's growing hunger for high-end goods.

In a lavish ceremony at the Chinese embassy's commercial section in Paris, the heads of Christian Dior,...

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