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Auctioneer looks to China to build on record industry sales for last year

Six months ago Christie's debuted on China's mainland as a sole-funded international auction house. Cai Jinqing remembers the live auction well and talks animatedly about its unexpectedly warm response.

Cai became Christie's China president in February, promoted from managing director in the firm she joined in 2012.