Kang tortured people into surrendering their artworks. People were gunned down trying to flee across the barbed-wire land border into Hong Kong with canvasses strapped to their chests and calligraphy wrapped around their legs.

Where the art landed, who knows?

It’s impossible to estimate how much Kang looted. We’re talking multibillions of dollars.

Decades ago, the leadership smuggled art out of China and used the hard currency to fund businesses in Hong Kong. Now Poly uses its cash to price everyone else out of the art market.