Sentences with phrase «chinese spent big»

While spending on luxury at home was down, the Chinese spent big on luxury abroad.

Not exact matches

Chinese tourists in South Africa will soon be able to spend more easily thanks to the world's biggest payments platform.

Hong Kong has been hit hard by slowing economic growth in China, which has battered the number of big - spending Chinese tourists traveling to the city.

Its international business, the term it uses for «high roller» gamblers, was hurt by Chinese restrictions on funds transfers and reduced visits by big - spending customers, with earnings down by more than two - thirds.

Already, Chinese are the second - largest group of tourists and next biggest spenders in New Zealand.9 By 2023, the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment in New Zealand predicts tourists from China to surge to 913,000 and for their spending to rise to $ 4.34 billion.10

However, in «The Chinese Middle Class: 110 Million Is Not Enough» (Nov. 2007 Insight), we explained that China was not yet far enough along the road to industrialization to have a big enough middle class of free spenders to sustain economic growth if exports fell with U.S. consumer spending, as we were predicting.

Further, Ayew has scored just nine goals in 50 games for the club, and so if Villa get the # 10m that they are seeking, as per the report, which shouldn't be a problem for the big - spending Chinese outfit, then it looks as though Bruce will be armed with significant funds to bring in his own players.

There is concern across Europe as a result of the big - spending Chinese Super League clubs, but Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino says there is nothing to worry about for Spurs fans.

Chinese clubs are spending heavily on taking some of the best players and biggest names from around the world to the CSL, but whether it adds to the league's strength and builds it's quality and infrastructure sufficiently to make it the leading competition in the world remains to be seen.

The Italian club has got new Chinese owners ready to spend big and they want to make our Chile international star their poster boy.

That may not be possible if the Chinese side get their way however, but beyond that, the big - spending clubs from Asia may also begin to pose a threat to many other targets.

The potential availability of the Portugal international, one of the most marketable players in the world, would alert a number of top clubs plus big - spending Chinese Super League sides looking to make a statement.

Despite Koscielny reiterating his desire to stay at the Emirates, the Rossoneri, who are backed by Chinese investors, are keen to spend big this summer.

With the help of their new Chinese owners, the Milan based outfit are expected to spend big in the January transfer market and have a list of potential targets they would want to try their luck on.

The Belgium international is wanted by the Nerazzurri, who are prepared to spend big under Chinese owners Suning.

But if MOST were to relinquish control of research spending, «that's a big deal,» says Cao Cong, an expert on Chinese science at the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom.

Those numbers mean big business, and that is why Chinese online dating sites attracted three million paying customers last year who collectively spent $ 150 million.

Liu Yiqian, the big - spending Chinese collector and founder of the Long Museum in Shanghai, took to WeChat, the Chinese social platform, with a photograph of himself posing at the fair in front of what was reportedly his latest buy — 930 - 7 Strip, an 36 - foot long work by Gerhard Richter.

\ nGreat Collectors and Their Ideas: Wang Wei, one of China's biggest - spending Chinese art collectors with her husband Liu Yiqian, and founder of two private museums in Shanghai, talks to Aimee Lin.

Wang Wei, one of China's biggest - spending Chinese art collectors with her husband Liu Yiqian, and founder of two private museums in Shanghai, talks to Aimee Lin.

Now the mantra has spread in a big way to China, and among economists who see more spending by Chinese consumers as a way forward for the global economy.

Last year, Chinese investors spent $ 12 billion on U.S. real estate, making the country the second - biggest foreign investor, just behind Canada, according to the National Association of Realtors.

The National Association of Realtors released a report recently saying that Chinese buyers spent the most on US Real Estate but it's the Canadian Buyers who represented the biggest increase in buyer activity.