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Should artifacts return home?

( bbs.chinadaily.com.cn) Updated: 2015-03-26 08:59
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Most artifacts have been illegally obtained (stolen) and are being exhibited across countries in order to make ill-gotten revenue and benefit private collectors and wealthy curators alike. If such exhibitions were to take place they would encourage more people to participate in such illegal practices.

Should artifacts return home?

Cloisonné jar, Ming Dynasty, Xuande period (AD 1426-35) is housed in the British Museum.
 

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