The story at Van Cleef & Arpels was an extraordinary journey — “20,000 Leagues under the Sea” and “Five Weeks in a Balloon.

梵克雅宝的故事是一次非凡的旅程——“海底2万里”和“气球上的五星期”。

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Despite its makeshift location, Shanghai Tang is not poverty-stricken -- it has seven other outposts in Hong Kong, not to mention plenty of business savvy and a powerful owner (the Richemont Group, a Swiss company that also controls other high-end brands like Cartier, Van Cleef and Arpels, Piaget and Montblanc).

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