It's time for looted art to come home

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Round Table China

2026-04-17

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France just made it easier to return looted artifacts from the colonial era. Sacred objects. Royal treasures. So what does that mean for China, a country that lost countless relics to foreign powers over the past two centuries? /For Travel China through film EP3, our picks today is "The Grandmaster". So where will this journey take us (18:10)? On the show: Steve, Yushan & Yushun
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  • Discussion keeps the world turning.

  • This is Roundtable.

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  • I'm Steve Hatherly today with Yushan and Yushun.

  • Coming up.

  • France just passed a law making it easier to return looted art and artifacts taken during colonial rule.

  • Sacred objects, for example.

  • Royal treasures, for example.

  • So, will other former colonial powers like Britain or Belgium follow suit?

  • We'll take a look at the decision itself, but also its direct impact on China.

  • After that, the Beijing International Film Festival carries on,

  • and today we 'll wrap up our film plus location recommendations.

  • Series.

  • Yushan will give us a great one today.

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  • And now.

  • For decades, thousands of cultural treasures have sat in museums far away from where they were created,

  • often taken during colonial rule.

  • France would be an example of that, but now France is trying to change that.