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Taiwan's National Museum

BBC News: "Taiwan's National Palace Museum - which boasts some of the most important treasures collected by China's ancient emperors - reopens on Thursday after a three year, $21m renovation designed to make its buildings more relevant and user-friendly."

I've had the chance to make a quick visit here about a year ago. Unfortunately, it was still under renovation then and there was a lot I wasn't able to see. My comment is more about how China feels about Taiwan's ownership of many of the relics from ancient China. Their argument is based on Taiwan's government moving the stuff from mainland China to Taiwan back in the 30s and 40s.

The question the Chinese government should ask themselves is how much of these historical treasures would have been destroyed during the "cultural revolution" when China tortured academics, destroyed their families and destroyed historical artifacts simply because it was the "communist" thing to do. They should be grateful to the Taiwan government that these priceless and irreplaceable items have been saved for future generations.