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[quote=ZOEY,245284]According to Reuters, "a rare bronze horse's head plundered by British and French troops from Beijing's old Summer Palace will be put on sale next month in an auction likely to fetch $10 million and stir nationalist feelings in China."

The statue is one of 12 bronze heads of zodiac animals  in the old Summer Palace, or Yuanmingyuan, which was damaged by the British and the French in 1860.

Some experts say that the sale of this looted national treasure will probably provoke indignation and nationalist feeling (patriotic feelings) in China.

Since the Opium  War in 1840, China's historical heritages were destroyed and looted by the Coalition of Western countries.

The whereabouts of countless China's rare treasure was still unidentified. Some artifacts are identified, but lie in the alien museums.

The historical artifacts record the history of a nation. For the whole international community, the looted historical heritage belongs to China's private property.

If you have ever "borrowed" these stuffs from China, shouldn't you give them back?
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