Here is another blog post about the Kashgar situation from Paul Barford, a British archaeologist currently living and working Warsaw Poland. Just in case you want some more scathing reactions to the Kashgar situation from the archaeological community. Kudos for pointing out the hypocrisy.
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Kashgar Archaeology with Paul Barford
Posted in Different Perspectives, Opinions, Rants, tagged Archaeological Community, Kashgar, Reactions on 04/06/2009 | Leave a Comment »
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“Chinese reactions to auction of stolen bronze relics” [repost from ChinaSMACK]
Posted in China, cultural heritage, Different Perspectives, looting, Lost Cultural Relics Recovery Program, News Articles of Interest, Ongoing, Opinions, Rants, tagged auction, ChinaSMACK, Christie's, comments, nationalism, Old Summer Palace, patrimony, Reactions on 10/12/2009 | Leave a Comment »
Just found THIS article published in February on popular Chinese popnews website ChinaSMACK about the Christie’s auction of two of the now pretty well known bronze zodiac animal heads that were looted from Beijing’s Old Summer Palace (Yuanmingyuan) during the 1860s by the British and French armies. The article is interesting for several reasons. First, [...]
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