In market competition between Hong Kong, Shanghai, Taipei and Singapore, Hong Kong still comes top, with Taiwan second

The multi-millionnaire has family connections with a Chinese, State-run armaments company

China is in the news more and more as its economy booms and Hong Kong gets handed back this summer; Chinese art is beginning to penetrate Western consciousness

His motivations to sell remain unclear

Collectors fear changes to export regulations after British departure

The red-letter roll call of recent Chinese archaeology

Rapid advances as new companies model their catalogues and conditions of sale on Western models

The Three Gorges dam and a number of smuggling stories highlight the difficulty of preserving the country's heritage

Johnson Chang is promoting the avant-garde