Article: China Focus: Treasures from British Museum bring enjoyment, pain toChinese audiences

China Focus: Treasures from British Museum bring enjoyment, pain to Chinese audiences By Wan Yi and Yu Fei

BEIJING, March 19 (Xinhua) -- It's taken the British to bring to Beijing artifacts of ancient Rome, Greece, Africa and Egypt.

While the British Museum's touring exhibit "Treasures of the World's Cultures" has left many people here in awe, the collection of 272 ancient artifacts have also raised a number of concerns and questions. Why are there no Chinese artifacts and to which civilization do the objects really belong?

After visiting the exhibition at Beijing's Capital Museum, 19- year-old Wang Wei had a typical reaction to the show "I was really shocked by the beautiful artifacts ...

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