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New rules better protect relics
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The regulations supporting China's Law on Cultural Relics
Protection, which took effect on July 1, will better protect the
nation's cultural treasures and regulate the booming, yet disorderly,
market for the relics.
The unilateral emphasis on economic development and insufficient
protection of China's heritage have damaged some historical relics in
certain areas.
The new regulations will protect China's cultural relics from the
excesses of tourism and rapid infrastructure constru...
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Cultural relics being forgotten
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; Archaeologists' views should be taken seriously when urban construction is considered, says an article in Jiangnan Times. An excerpt follows: Another ancient tomb has been damaged in Nanjing, capital city of East China's Jiangsu Province. According to local media reports, the tomb was located in a
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New rules better protect relics
China Daily
; The regulations supporting China's Law on Cultural Relics Protection, which took effect on July 1, will better protect the nation's cultural treasures and regulate the booming, yet disorderly, market for the relics. The unilateral emphasis on economic development and insufficient protection of
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Urban growth with caring hands
China Daily
; Should ancient houses in narrow hutongs be pulled down to make way for skyscrapers and wider streets? That's a question facing Chinese architects and engineers as they grapple with development of modern cities and try to keep the harmony between urbanization and ancient culture. The protection of
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Legislation revised to protect relics
China Daily
; From the Great Wall to the terracotta warriors, China has an ample supply of cultural relics to boast about. However, recent reports of illegal construction at the foot of the Great Wall and disputes between cultural relics protection officials and a tourism firm over the management of the
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Terracotta warriors go public?
China Daily
; ... benefit the development of the western region. Debates go on Once again, the news generated heated debates. Opinions have been widely divided as to whether the ... relics market. The author is a senior researcher with the China Cultural Relics News.
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Relics authority pledges action
China Daily
; China's cultural-heritage authority yesterday pledged it would take effective measures to protect the country's cultural relics in accordance with the newly amended Law on Cultural Relics Protection. The new law came into effect on Monday after being approved by the National People's Congress
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NPC Vice-Chairperson Calls for Enhanced Relics Protection, XINHUA
Xinhua (China)
; Xinhua (China) 06-01-2000 TAIYUAN, June 1 (Xinhua) -- Peng Peiyuan, vice-chairperson of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), has called for enhanced protection of cultural relics. During her recent inspection of cultural relics protection in Shanxi province, Peng said
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Official gets death for stealing relics
China Daily
; A cultural relics official in the city of Chengde of Hebei Province was sentenced to death for involvement in the country's biggest relics theft since the establishment of People's Republic of China in 1949. A local court in Chengde, North China's Hebei Province, ruled on Friday that Li Haitao,
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Stop profiting at cost of cultural relics
China Daily
; Local governments should not acquire economic profits at the expense of impairing cultural relics, urged an article in Guangming Daily. Driven by instant gains, some local governments encourage cultural relics to be transferred to tourism companies for management and exploitation. This practice
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Reclaiming cultural relics from overseas
China Daily
; Cultural relic experts and NGOs have set the wheels in motion to begin reclaiming China's national treasures from abroad, said an article in Beijing Review. The following are excerpts from the article: On April 11, the China Cultural Relics Recovery Programme, funded by the China Foundation for the
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