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China’s looted heritage campaign: assertive, ambitious – and complicated

South China Morning Post · · 142 words · By Xinlu Liang
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3 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“The stele was stolen from China in wartime more than a century ago”
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None of the provided web search results mention a stele being stolen from China during wartime. The cited sources discuss unrelated topics (e.g., clay warriors, India-Japan relations, African fossils) without confirming the claim.
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web search NEUTRAL — Whattheyinitially thoughtwasapottery god turned out to be one soldier in an army ofover8,000 life-sized clay warriors.
https://go2tutors.com/historic-objects-that-were-lost-and-re…
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web search NEUTRAL — ...adismaying week forthePRC, India turned awayfromChina… ... Asia’s resurgence beganoveracenturyagoon this island oftheRising Sun.
https://apjjf.org/2013/11/24/Peter-Lee/3957/article
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web search NEUTRAL — My rolewasto provide guidance on my own areas of expertise, and to actasalink betweentheOrigins Centre and Professor Chris Henshilwood, for ...
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2017/09/virtual-reality-breath…
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“China aims to reshape how the world reclaims looted heritage with Japan as its biggest test”
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The provided web search results do not mention China's specific efforts to reshape global heritage restitution or Japan as a test case. Sources discuss UNDP, Japan-Korea history debates, and regional security ties, which are unrelated to the claim.
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web search NEUTRAL — Based at United Nations HeadquartersinNew York City, itisthe largest UN development aid agency, 3withofficesin177 countries.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Development_Pro…
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web search NEUTRAL — ...ismarketedinSouth Koreaasspreadingglobalconcern over Japanese recalcitrance, wheninfact, these are the outcome of concentrated ...
https://robertedwinkelly.com/2015/07/20/how-japan-manages-to…
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web search NEUTRAL — Abe also elevated diplomatic, economic, and security tieswithSoutheast Asian nations, Australia, France, India, and the United Kingdom througha...
https://www.heritage.org/asia/report/japans-new-leader-shoul…
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“Officials from the National Cultural Heritage Administration of China watched the case”
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No web search results directly reference Chinese officials attending a cultural heritage restitution case. The cited sources discuss French colonial seizures, German museum policies, and Koreans in Japan, which are unrelated to the claim.
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web search NEUTRAL — The drum, which was seized by French forces in 1916, was part ofalist of 148 works that the Ivory Coast officially requested forrestitutionfrom ...
https://caliber.az/en/post/macron-s-promise-of-african-herit…
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web search NEUTRAL — ... investigative journalism can illuminate long-overlooked ethical questions and inspire dialogue aboutrestitution, justice, and shared globalheritage...
https://truestoryaward.org/story/505
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web search NEUTRAL — ... advantage of language skills,culturalknowledge, or social contacts, some Koreans, ranging from small-scale peddlers to well-capitalized ...
https://www.encyclopedia.com/places/asia/japanese-political-…
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