CHINA'S SHANGHAI MUSEUM IS A CULTURAL WORK OF ART.(Getaways) From: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) | Date: November 14, 1996 | COPYRIGHT 1996 Seattle Post-Intelligencer. All rights reserved. Reproduced with the permission of the Dialog Corporation by Gale Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

An expectant crowd stood in People's Square on an overcast morning last month, waiting for the high, glass doors of the new Shanghai Museum to open.

Assembled in front of a spanking new building that resembles an ancient Chinese bronze urn were the glitterati of the international art world.

There, too, were the millionaire collectors - both Chinese and foreign - who for the first time have played a significant role in funding construction of a museum in China...