China spends US$29 billion on its pampered pets as birth rate slows
On a sunny mid-October afternoon, Leia spent her third birthday munching on a gourmet three-course meal of chicken, beef with salmon and a yogurt-based cake atop a rooftop restaurant in Beijing.Leia is a German miniature pinscher and one of millions of pets in China whose every whim is indulged by their owners.
On a sunny mid-October afternoon, Leia spent her third birthday munching on a gourmet three-course meal of chicken, beef with salmon and a yogurt-based cake atop a rooftop restaurant in Beijing.Leia is a German miniature pinscher and one of millions of pets in China whose every whim is indulged by their owners.Rising pet ownership and spending in China is accelerating despite a broader trend of slowing retail sales growth in the worlds second-largest economy.Perhaps exacerbated by a growing
