2023-08-30 17:28:04
“As Chinese media, we formally request the British Museum to return to China all Chinese antiquities obtained through illegal means” : this is how the editorial of the Huanqiu Shibao, most influential nationalist newspaper in the country. The newspaper demands from the British museum a “public commitment to the whole world”, and launching the restitution process as soon as possible, while expressing its support for the “looted countries” by Great Britain, such as India, Nigeria or Greece.
In mid-August, the British Museum revealed the disappearance of 1,500 to 2,000 pieces, stolen over the years by a curator. THE Huanqiu Shibao seizes on this resounding news to wonder about the “huge flaws in the management and protection of heritage” of the institution. For him, this
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