TO GO WITH AFP STORY CHINA-POLITICS-RETAIL-LUXURY,FOCUS by Stephen Coates
In this picture taken on September 28, 2012, Chinese visitors from the mainland sit in front of a luxury shop in Hong Kong. Chinese consumers, who spent an estimated 49 billion USD on luxury goods in 2011, are poised to overtake Americans this year as the biggest buyers of luxury goods in the world. AFP PHOTO / Philippe Lopez (Photo credit should read PHILIPPE LOPEZ/AFP/Getty Images)