How Chinaâs artists went from dissidents to organs of the state
The vibrancy of the art scene in some Chinese cities in the noughties was probably the closest a modern art historian will come to the chaos and glory of Weimar Germany.Â
Ray Hughes, left, with son Evan in 2008 with two of the Chinese works they acquired during buying trips.Â
Jim Rice
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The immaculately dressed woman was in her late 20s, perhaps early 30s. She emerged like an apparition through the thick fog of greenery that fills the courtyard of the Bamboo Garden Hotel in northern Beijingâs warmer months.