Reactions and comments on two articles that have recently come out, one in the British newspaper, The Telegraph, and the other just today in the New York Times have garnerd a great deal of public opinion. Trolling the comments pages is fascinating because it allows us to guage how the general public feels about these [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Cultural Relics’
Reactions to the Chinese mission to inspect Chinese antiquities in foreign museum collections
Posted in China, cultural heritage, Different Perspectives, looting, Lost Cultural Relics Recovery Program, News Articles of Interest, Ongoing, Opinions, Uncategorized, tagged America, Britain, Cultural Relics, debate, Europe, looting, Museums, New York Times, Public Opinions, The Telegraph on 18/12/2009 | 1 Comment »
Will China HAVE to protect Kashgar?
Posted in China, cultural heritage, Preservation, World Heritage Sites, tagged Cultural Relics, Kashgar, Nomination, Oasis Route, Old Kashgar, Preservation, Silk Road, UNESCO, Workshop, World Heritage Status on 07/06/2009 | 1 Comment »
According to a couple of articles that came out in years past, the Silk Road has been undergoing a long-term application process to become a World Heritage site. That means, according to one article, that sites and cultural relics along the Silk Road would have to be improved and protected,and adovacated for tourism. Apparently, in [...]
Hybrid Rice Field to Become a Cultural Relic Site
Posted in China, cultural heritage, General, News Articles of Interest, tagged Cultural Relics, cultural relics site, farmer, Hunan Province, hybrid rice, SACH on 30/05/2009 | Leave a Comment »
“When people talk of cultural relics, they usually relate them to something ancient…but since China has undergone rapid changes in the past three decades, any place or institution that helped that transformation can be a cultural relic And the farm where Yuan grew his hybrid rice is one of the best examples of such a [...]
