Bronze heads sell for $36 million

Well done!

"Whatever happens, we have got The Maxim Gun, and they have not. "

Question for Mr. Elegant
Know who says this before doing what? I got a hint for you, it is one of the thieves who looted the summer palace. I don't blame you if you don't know, because those thieves got connections in BBC, CNN, Time or whatever the gismo you called western media.

http://www.blogs.ivarta.com/First-Military-Assault-Tibet-British-plans-Part-II/blog-243.htm

See how the "sh*t-youth"(粪青,愤青)and the five-jiao(五毛) got maniac on this event! as if China would has been a rich, civilized, advanced and democratic country without being robbed such "heads".

The invasion is no doubt vile, but the 60-years' autocratic and corrupt rule is much more hateful than the invasion.

http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=89941
This is an article worth reading even here.
There is a growing movement to challenge whether Obama was actually born in the US. If they succeed, this will be the biggest bloodless coup that the world has ever seen.

Love to see a plan got together.

You own a few bronze animal heads from Yuanmingyuan. They are great piece of craft, but of no particular artistic value. They are a dime a dozen in may outdoor flea markets. They are only of value because of where they have been, not that they are particularly artistic, or made by a noted sculpter.

You got them for a few hundred francs ages ago. Now you want to get rid of them. How do you increase their market value ? No one would buy them as art. These things are only of nationalistic value to the Chinese, and no one else. So how do you enhance this "Nationalistic" or "Patriotic" value ? You make them look valuable by putting them in an international art auction. You inflame the potential buyers to make them even more patriotic, and look more nationalistic, through offering of other deals. You get the attention of the Chinese government.

Bingo. You got what you want. You are happy. Cool $36 million.

Hopefully, the buying would donate these pieces to a museum located in China of mysterious ownership, and the Chinese government will be happy. When the Chinese government is happy, especially with the one making the donation, the buyer will be very happy with the resulting consideration.

Now, everybody is happy.

Except the auction house. The Chinese government has ordered counter measures and issued warning to the auction house. Thank goodness that Christie don't have too much potential buyers in China. And the rest of the world is much bigger and better market for source of goods and customers.

Yes, if Obama is proven to be an alien, this would be the biggest bloodless coup!!

But it won't win as the most bloody coup. It was the Cultural Revolution. Millions of people died, and Mao got rid of Liu, and ruined the country with most population for a few more decades. Glorious days !! Long Live Chairman Mao.

The most miraculous of this event was Mao just caused the death of 30 million people just a couple of decades before that coup with brilliant Chinese policies. And Chinese loved, and still love, him for that.

See why democracy is not suitable for China ?

To conscienceinchina

Looting is a crime. There may be worse crimes, but it is still a crime. I've seen you mention about the "angry youth". You probably haven't noticed it, but you're one of them. I would say be calm and don't be general. Use reasons!

Oh, yeah, these people who are money chasers, do they have conscience? They are not any better than looters.

Just another thought on the animal heads.

Didn't French people just show Chinese how to stimulate expenditure ?

Looting is, of course, a crime. But when it is done by the government to it's own people, it is call confiscation, or "co-oped" as in "Public/Private Joint Venture" in the 50's, or "Land Reform", or "Anti-Landowner", or "Anti capitalist", or .... These are all legal. And if the government authorized itself to take whatever it sees fit, it is even beneficial to the nation, and therefore moral and ethical. In short, it is the right thing to do.

I wonder what do we call the little incident when the Qing Emperor Kangxi conquered the Ughers, and took the Fragrant Princess back as his concubine. Killing thousands of Ughers in the act is, of course, all legal, moral and ethical to all Chinese.

How about killing thousands of Mongols when Kangxi "suppressed" a tribal dispute ? That's not a crime because Kangxi had the authority to do it too.

Did France had the authority to invade China ?

Digged a little deeper about what all the fuzz was about, and found out that the plaintiff is actually APACE, an organization with three memebers. The chairman of APACE is Bernard Gomez. The rationale for the suit was cultural conservation.

The animal heads were designed by French artisans. I guess that's why preserving of cultural heritage is important.

There were two lawyers for APACE. There is a French lawyer of Chinese descend. That's not surprising. But the one that did the speaking is actually a French lady.

I wonder why all the French youth didn't call this lady lawyer traitor or even worse names, Chinese style, as they should. That should have forced the plaintiff to change it's legal team.

The French government should arrest this lady lawyer for helping the enemy, since France is now enemy number one in Chinese books.

Get a life Smith!!!

To mel0809:

You are totally wrong! I am not a "youth", but I am surely an "angry Chinese". I am always angry due to the notorious CCP regime, the putrid Chinese society, and the vast amount of gangsters known as the "sh*t youth"(粪青),"five-jiao"(五毛), who are selling their soul and conscience to the autocracy. To make sure whether you are a member of them, I am following it.

"愤青"="angry youth"? You are ignorant interpreting it literally! "愤青" is mixed by chauvinism, stupidity, ignorance, fetishism, and roguery. They are the guns are cannons munipulated by the CCP, such as the "red guard"(红卫兵) who are the types and representatives of them. So "愤青" must be translated into "sh*t youth"(粪青). They are junks! As for the "angry youth" you mentioned, they are only hope for China if there will be more and more of them in China, due to that the CCP regime shouldn't has been such unscrupulous if there were fewer fools in China. Have you read the book "Chinese, why haven't you got angry?"(《中国人，你为什么不生气？》)

Is there any kind of recession??