Customers select gold accessories in Caibai, one of
best-known gold retailers in Beijing, China, May 2, 2013. Sales of gold reached
200 million RMB (32.44 million U.S. dollars), up 30 percent year on year during
the three-day May Day holiday at Caibai due to recent abrupt price drop for the
precious metal. (Xinhua/Li Xin)