Selfridges
Britain's stores tempt Chinese shoppers
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guardian.co.uk As a harbinger of a gradual shift in global power it is easy to miss: a discreet red, blue and green banded symbol bearing the mysterious legend UnionPay. But walk into Harrods, Selfridges and other high-end stores and you will see it at many tills, meaning the shop accepts China's most popular bank card and is thus actively chasing income from one of the few global economies still expanding at speed.