China's rich raises bar for extravagance

Hong Kong

LEATHER seats and a champagne fridge used to be the ultimate in car luxury. Now, it's Tiffany blue bonnets encrusted with Swarovski crystals.

In China, where millionaires are being minted daily and displays of excess are still easily found despite a crackdown on extravagance, the bar for conspicuous consumption is being raised ever higher.