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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (576)	1/16/2001 12:07:35 AM
From: Rolla Coasta	Read Replies (1) of 23908

Hmmm... with all of those foreign currency reserves that China has accumulated, you'd think they'd be able to spare a couple of million to bid for these objects and return them to China. Well, I guess you can apply the same analogy to the copyright issue. If the Brits like the relics, why didn't they just .... hmmm ...buy it with other foreign treasures ? Afterall, who's to say that such artwork would have survived the communist revolution since it represented a decadent and imperial past that they wanted the Chinese people to forget about. The treasures and the thousand-year-old relics represent a pride to Chinese people before they are getting westernized. The relics can be the main tools for Chinese govt to get hold of the people of their own culture more easily. Just how could a politician be so stupid enough to burn their own cultures to achieve their gain ?? Doesn't sound logical to me. Plus, the Chinese during the Opium War was governed by Ching Dynasty officials. The rulers or emperors were not actual Chinese ...but some ethnic minority near North Korea. So I guess there were lots of corrupt officials helping the Brits to trade Opium with tea, relics, ... or whatever that seemed to worth a damn dime. regards, Q

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