Taiwan palace museum director faces calls to quit over broken Ming, Qing artefacts worth $109 million
The director of Taipei’s National Palace Museum is facing calls to step down after the institution admitted to breaking three precious Ming and Qing dynasty artefacts, worth a reported NT$2.5 billion (S$109 million) in all. The incidents exposed the shortcomings of the museum in managing and preserving cultural artefacts, observers said. They also raised doubts over whether the government of...
Source: asiaone.com