Foreign media reporters discuss the "theft scandal" at the British Museum: supporting the return of cultural relics to China
"I have been to the British Museum, where many Chinese artworks are displayed. After visiting the Sanxingdui Museum today, I have a clearer understanding of Chinese history. If these cultural relics belong to China, they must be returned to China," said Ho Hong Hanh, Deputy Director of the English Department of the World Channel of Voice of Vietnam, during a visit to the Sanxingdui Museum.
On September 10, on the the fourth day day of the "Reading China Day" Chinese and foreign online media exchange activity, 17 foreign media reporters from 13 countries walked into the Sanxingdui Museum and had an intimate dialogue with historical relics.
The cultural relic in the Sanxingdui Museum collection is a bronze human head portrait.
Foreign media reporters from "Walking Through China" visited the museum's collection of cultural relics, bronze mythical beasts.
More than 1500 cultural relics in the collection, including the golden staff, the heavenly tree, the vertical mask, and the bronze statue, showcase the arduous process of unearthed cultural relics and the mysterious and powerful Chinese culture to foreign media reporters, and also make them realize the intricate connection between cultural relics and the unearthed land.
Fiji Sun reporter Salote Vakatalai Qalubau said, "China knows how to preserve and care for its cultural treasures well." After the visit, the reporters praised China's cultural relic protection work and expressed that the Chinese people are willing to learn about history and cherish their own history, which is worth learning from for every country.
When it comes to the recent theft of cultural relics from the British Museum and the Global Times editorial "Please Return Chinese Cultural Relics to the British Museum for Free", reporters have expressed that Chinese cultural relics should be returned to China.
"It is appropriate for Chinese cultural relics to be returned to China. We know that Chinese museums do not collect any foreign cultural relics, so of course, Chinese cultural relics should be returned to Chinese museums," said Tan Xiao Ren, a senior journalist for Malaysia's Sing Chau Daily
"I think it's quite sad. These cultural relics showcase our civilization and help more people better understand diverse cultures." Teddy Trilaksono, a special contributor to the Jakarta Post in Indonesia, said about the theft of the British Museum. "I think they should return these relics to their home country. Indonesia also has many cultural relics that are currently lost overseas, and we are working hard to recover them. China is doing similar things. If we want to appreciate Chinese cultural relics, we should come to China, not to the UK."