In China's heartland, once-flush shoppers turn cautious
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ZHENGZHOU, China (Reuters) - Dressed in a smart black pantsuit behind the wheel of her pearl-white Audi, Zhao Na has come a long way from her roots in rural Henan province, in central China.The 29-year-old real estate agent cheerfully admits to having shopaholic ways and a love of Louis Vuitton and Prada handbags, typifying a wave of free-spending consumers who have had the world's top brands scrambling for a piece of China's $5 trillion-plus (£3.91 trillion) retail market."When I am flush, I..