While an historic collection of Northern Song letters goes unsold

China’s economy may be faltering, but the Shanghai and Beijing contemporary art markets have expanded significantly since the Asian economic crisis last year

Tourism is causing a conservation nightmare

Hard times on Hollywood Road

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