Puyi's Bicycle: The Forbidden City comes to Oakland From: AsianWeek | Date: November 15, 2000| Author: Soo, Julie D. | . Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

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11-15-2000

Puyi's Bicycle: The Forbidden City comes to Oakland

After eight years of negotiations, the Oakland Museum of California was one
of three sites in the United States selected by the Chinese government to
host Secret World of the Forbidden City: Splendors from China's Imperial
Palace, a major exhibition of art objects and imperial possessions never
before exhibited in North American and many of which were previously
entombe...

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