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If there's one development in the Chinese fashion world that we've felt couldn't come quickly enough, it's the growing number of independent multi-brand boutiques appearing in Shanghai and Beijing. Read More

Over the last week, we've followed the Sotheby's autumn auction in Hong Kong, which included sales of everything from fine wine to antiquities to contemporary Chinese and Asian art, noting that sales were well above estimates and sell-through rates were promising. Read More

We've been interested in the upcoming Hong Kong Sotheby's auctions of Contemporary Chinese, Southeast Asian and other Asian art, with a particularly obvious fixation on the Chinese side, for some time. After the surprising turnout of mainland Chinese, and their willingness to go far above and beyond lot estimates to take home something they've set their hearts on, Sotheby's is likely expecting a good proportion of bidders both from the mainland and other areas of Greater China -- definitely Hong Kong, since buyers from that market have been something of a fixture at Chinese art auctions for ages. Read More