A light helicopter is on sale at a newly opened shopping mall in Wenzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province December 27. The two-seat EXEC162F helicopter, which is manufactured by an American factory, is priced at 1.15 million yuan (US$143,750). The unprecedented move is reported to increase the mall's popularity. Global manufactures on luxury items have strived to cash in on China's huge untapped consumption potential.

(China Daily December 28, 2006)