THE sale of Chinese treasures looted from Qing palaces by foreign troops fetched record prices in Hong Kong yesterday, given heavy bidding by Chinese buyers eager to repatriate such objects from the West. A white jade seal carved in 1796 to mark the... ...full story at Shanghai Daily
from Shanghai Daily on Tue, Oct 09 2007
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