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One of the biggest stories of this past weekend in Hong Kong was a massive, Facebook-organized protest of the Italian fashion house Dolce & Gabbana after a security guard prevented locals from taking photographs outside of its flagship in Tsim Sha Tsui last week. Read More

New rules imposed by Beijing to decrease dependence on gaming revenue last year spurred efforts by Macau officials to attract more mainland Chinese tourists to stay longer, spend more, and explore the city's cultural side rather than its notoriously seedy underbelly. But is it working? Read More

With American and British collectors of Chinese art having trouble competing with their New Chinese Collector counterparts over the last several months, we can expect that China's share of the art market should continue to grow into 2010. Read More

Over the last few months, the global auction market has gotten a lift from a once-unlikely group of buyers: Asian collectors, led in particular by New Chinese Collectors, who have quickly developed a reputation for aggressive but sophisticated buying of everything from antiquities to contemporary art. Read More