Idea that museum’s treasures belong to KMT deridedBy Chen Yu-fu and Lin Liang-sheng / Staff reportersA suggestion by a Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) member that the National Palace Museum’s holdings belong to the party, and therefore its ticket revenues should go to the party, has stirred up a hornets’ nest and triggered criticism from government officials and others. She called on party headquarters to demand their return and for the museum’s ticket money to be turned over to the party as well. A visitor looks at the famed Jadeite Cabbage With Insects at the National Palace Museum in Taipei on Aug. 15, 2016. “National treasures are not the same as treasures of a political party,” it said. “Of course the treasures of the National Palace Museum belong to Republic of China,” Chu said.

Source: Taipei Times September 07, 2020 15:56 UTC