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January 18, 2019
Chinese actress Zhong Chuxi is one of many celebrities to star in Louis Vuitton's look book. Image credit: Louis Vuitton
By Sarah Ramirez
With China's economic growth rate slowing to a record low, the number of Chinese ultra-affluents who are "very confident" in the economy dropped more than 10 percent in 2018.
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