Something many of you who have dabbled in Antiquities Market research already know is the so-called “driving force of collectors;” well, in China, as many sinologists already know, a new class of people have recently been exercising their social and economic power. This new class, called China’s New Bourgeoise, is made up primarily of wealthy, [...]
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China’s New Bourgeoise and The Antiquities Market
Posted in looting, News Articles of Interest, Opinions, tagged Antiquities Market, Hong Kong, looting, Museum Security Network on 21/02/2010 | Leave a Comment »
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 »
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 [...]
[Quickie] FASCINATING project by the Chinese
Posted in China, General, looting, Lost Cultural Relics Recovery Program, News Articles of Interest, Ongoing, tagged British Museum, looting, Lost Cultural Relics Recovery Program, reacquisition, Victoria and Albert Museum on 04/12/2009 | Leave a Comment »
So there has been information floating around recently that the Chinese are taking their recent preoccupation with reacquiring previously looted antiquities (called the Lost Cultural Relics Recovery Program) to a whole new playing field, and have gained access to the British Museum, as well as the Victoria and Albert Museum in order to inspect their [...]
Check this out!
Posted in Academic, Archaeology, Different Perspectives, looting, News Articles of Interest, Off-topic, Opinions, tagged grassroots, Iraq, looting, Mali, New York Times, Peru, Roger Atwood, stealing history on 13/10/2009 | Leave a Comment »
Check out THIS article that was posted in the New York Times this morning about grassroots organizations against looting in Peru, Mali, and Iraq. It’s a little off topic from the usual fare on this blog, but I think its worthwhile to examine what people in other countries are doing about archaeological site looting. Plus, [...]
For those of you who read Chinese
Posted in China, Different Perspectives, Opinions, Preservation, World Heritage Sites, tagged conservation, debate, looting, Mausoleum, Preservation, Qinshihuang, Terracotta Warriors, Tomb on 23/06/2009 | 2 Comments »
For anyone who can read Chinese (simplified), or who wants to practice their Chinese, HERE is an interesting article from www.popyard.org, a popular Chinese news website that discusses whether or not the Tomb of Qinshihuang should be excavated. The famous mausoleum of Qinshihuang, the first emperor of the Qin Dynasty (221 B.C. – 206 B.C.), [...]
