Butler boom? Jeeves has arrived in China

By Katie Hunt, CNN

Updated 0142 GMT (0942 HKT) October 19, 2015

A butler in training measures the precise distance between cutlery on a table at China's only foreign-run butler school in Chengdu, Sichuan province, on January 23, 2015. There has been a surge in demand among China's wealthy for Western-trained butlers, with many academies seeing large portions of their graduating classes hired by Chinese families or companies. To meet this growing demand, The International Butler Academy China opened a year ago.
Photos: Butlers the latest accessory for China's rich
A butler in training measures the precise distance between cutlery on a table at China's only foreign-run butler school in Chengdu, Sichuan province, on January 23, 2015. There has been a surge in demand among China's wealthy for Western-trained butlers, with many academies seeing large portions of their graduating classes hired by Chinese families or companies. To meet this growing demand, The International Butler Academy China opened a year ago.
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Students wait outside to greet guests for a formal dinner at The International Butler Academy China on September 16, 2014 in Chengdu, China.
Photos: Butlers the latest accessory for China's rich
Students wait outside to greet guests for a formal dinner at The International Butler Academy China on September 16, 2014 in Chengdu, China.
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Students stand for inspection once they arrive in the morning at the academy China on September 16, 2014.
Photos: Butlers the latest accessory for China's rich
Students stand for inspection once they arrive in the morning at the academy China on September 16, 2014.
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