Chinese government buys auctioned letters of CPC founder

Xinhua News Agency | June 9, 2009 | Copyright

BEIJING, June 9 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese government purchased letters believed to be of "revolutionary and historical significance" by exercising its preemption right at a commercial auction, the State Administration of Cultural Heritage (SACH) confirmed here Tuesday.

On May 30, China Guardian, a leading Chinese auction house, sold more than ten letters handwritten by Chen Duxiu, a Communist Party of China (CPC) founder and leading figure, to philosopher Hu Shi who was once Peking University president.

The letters were auctioned for ...

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