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  Joined: 2005-06-03 Points: 748 | China's most distinguished relics experts are urging the return of lost artifacts, especially those illegally obtained, to their original countries. At a forum held Tuesday in Beijing, they voiced their firm opposition to a joint statement issued on Dec. 19, 2002 by the curators of 18 museums in Europe and the United States, including the Palais Du Louvre in Paris and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. It was the first public refusal to return illegally-obtained artifacts to their original countries.
A Chinese non-government organization, which organized the forum, responded promptly with an open letter this January to the museums, saying that the rejection breached a pact by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and wronged the victim countries. |
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Actually I have something to say about this.
Yes, the lost relic maybe obtained illegally in the first place, however, if it is in China during the culture revolution it can be easily destroyed as well. Also, the museum themselves have been maintaining the relic.
What I am suggesting is China can engaged with these museum and grant them the right to display such items for a certain period of time (say 50 years) and during this time, the items can display in China as well. This way, the general public in both countries can enjoy these relics instead of endless argument.
Imagine what will happened to British Museum? Everything will be gone in one night!
Well, I think the museum do deserve to have these items to display because of their expertise and care to those relics. However, at the same time cannot deny the true ownship of these relics. Of course, there are the our world hertiage and people all over the world should able to see them
My 2 cents.
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I've heard (but never anywhere official) that a lot of relics were taken by the KMT when they fled to Taiwan. There certainly was a massive collection at the national palace museum in taipei.
But maybe since Beijing regards Taiwan as a renegade province, those relics are inside China and thus there's no need to return them.
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^^^ Yes, you're right. A lot of relics and historical documents are in Taiwan.
One of the most relevant one is the Treaty of Namking signed by the then Qing government signing Hong Kong away.
A copy is in London and the other in Taipei.
http://www.artasialink.com/pages/nanpeop.htm