Auction Houses in China: Christie’s vs. PLA
Licensed to operate in mainland China earlier this year, the auction house Christie’s has...
the Summer Palace
Looted Ancient Bronzes Returned to Beijing
Two ancient bronze animal head sculptures looted from the Summer Palace during the Second Opium War were returned to China in accordance with the offer businessman François-Henri Pinault made during his visit to the country...
Two Looted Zodiac Sculptures to Return to China
Two zodiac sculptures stolen from the Old Summer Palace by British and French troops in 1860 will return to China later this year. The animal heads, cast in the mid-18th Century, inspired a set of replicas by artist Ai Weiwei...
Photo: The Summer Palace in Winter, by Philip Barnaart
The Summer Palace in Winter, by Philip Barnaart
Li Jing: Old palace has new environment snag
From China Daily Online: It’s not proving to be a good year so far for the Old Summer Palace in northwestern Beijing. First, lakes at the key tourist destination were covered with plastic covering aimed at preventing water seeping away. That outraged environmentalists who said the underground water supply will suffer.
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