The ‘Beijing Art Summit 2019’ is an exciting event in March, staging an international platform for dialogue from multiple perspectives on issues in contemporary art in China and around the world comes at an increasingly important time in global history. The Chinese art market is mirroring China’s new stance on the geopolitical stage. Equally important is that Chinese collectors have started taking seats as Boards of Trustees of major Western art institutions. Influence, which used to flow one way, is now fluid in both directions, East/West and West/East, and will have major effect on what comes next.