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Article: China Focus: Treasures from British Museum bring enjoyment, pain toChinese audiences
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- March 19, 2006
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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 ...