The museum holds about eight million objects from six continents. Read more at straitstimes.com.
A short video series about a jade teapot finding its way back to China has gone viral, stoking calls for the British Museum to return its Chinese artefacts.
Since its launch on Aug 27, the video series has amassed 270 million views on Douyin, China’s version of TikTok, and won its creators more than five million new followers within a week. It has also sparked a trend of influencers dressing up as figures from ancient Chinese art. “Maybe the Chinese cultural relics in the British Museum are also missing home right now... Will they be thinking ‘Bring me home’ when they see Chinese faces there?” read one top comment on Douyin.
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