Tired after a long day helping to propel the world's most dynamic economy to new heights? Then relax under a luxury duvet, filled with the chest fluff plucked from 3,000 Icelandic wigeon, priced at a mere 110,000 yuan ($14,000) and lighter than the bag it comes in. Sam's Club in Shenzhen, China's richest city, sold its entire stock of three (only 50 are made each year) during the Chinese Spring Festival. Or choose a solid gold bottle of baijiu liquor for the equivalent of $11,000 or a 65-inch television for $15,000. It is not so much the high prices that are surprising, but that the Shenzhen superstore is part of America's giant Wal-Mart, which is famous for selling Western consumers cheap goods made in China.
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