It would be an arduous journey to recourse looted Chinese artefacts

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It would be an arduous journey to recourse looted Chinese artefacts

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Palace lions on display


A series of exhibitions, forums and parties open September 27 at the old Summer Palace marking the 150th anniversary of its sacking and looting by Anglo-French forces in 1860.


Built in the early 19th century, the imperial garden was once known for its extensive collection of garden architecture and artworks. Located in northwest Beijing, the old Summer Palace, or Yuanmingyuan, was a resort for the imperial families of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). It was burned by Anglo-French allied forces during the Second Opium War in 1860 and sacked in 1900 by the Eight- Power Allied Forces.


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An artefact on display


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The China-France Friendship Society will donate old Summer Palace a statue of Victor Hugo, the French author who said two bandits had entered the Old Summer Palace of China. One is Great Britain and the other is France, and hoped one day France would cleanse herself and return the looted goods back to China.


Archeologists chose 1,884 porcelain shards from a total 30,000 pieces left by an alliance of foreign military forces and Chinese warlords who sacked the old Summer Palace, or Yuanmingyuan.


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A worker glues the separate parts of an artefact.


"We just glued all the separate parts together so it wouldn't affect the original form of the antiques," Sun said.
All the restored antiques will go on a nationwide traveling exhibition next year.


All 85 pieces of stonework on display were donated by organizations or citizens but not returned from overseas.


More than 1.5 million relics are still missing worldwide with no specific locations and quantities, according to the Xinhua News Agency, with little chance of getting them back.


According to reports from Telegraph, last year, China launched a mission to inspect up to 1.5 million artefacts which it believes are in museums and collections across Europe and America, including the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.


Reports say China has moved to reassure countries that the intention of the scheme is to merely document archives, however it will raise fears that Britain could be asked to return some treasures.


However despite the size of the task, research has already begun with a professor from Beijing's Tsinghua University, Guo Daiheng, being sent to The Washington Library of Congress and the Harvard University Library to study more than 100 old photographs taken after the looting.


According to a French professor, France has started to pay attention to this history of old Summer Palace's sacking and looting by Anglo-French forces in 1860. He says China has the right to claim the return of the looted Chinese artefacts. But the problem is that the return of the artefacts could involve international laws and civil laws. It's difficult to reach a rapid conclusion.


Chinese experts say though China now can recourse its looted artefacts by laws, it's very difficult to act simply in accordance with international convention. They point out they will reserve the recourse right for the looted artefacts forever.  


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