{"id":148726,"date":"2026-03-27T22:00:29","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T22:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=148726"},"modified":"2026-03-27T22:00:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T22:00:29","slug":"why-chinas-demand-that-japan-return-an-ancient-tablet-could-mark-a-historical-reckoning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=148726","title":{"rendered":"Why China\u2019s demand that Japan return an ancient tablet could mark a \u2018historical reckoning\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostAs one of the biggest targets of wartime looting in centuries past, China is now positioning itself as a global pioneer in repatriating lost cultural artefacts. This article, the first in a two-part series, Xinlu Liang looks at whether a stolen 1,300-year-old Chinese stone now housed in Japan\u2019s Imperial Palace can become a test case for a reckoning over wartime plunder.<br \/>\nIn 1945, following Japan\u2019s surrender to the Allies, supreme commander General Douglas MacArthur ordered the country to return&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/politics\/article\/3348164\/why-chinas-demand-japan-return-ancient-tablet-could-mark-historical-reckoning?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostAs one of the biggest targets of wartime looting in centuries past, China is now positioning itself as a global pioneer in repatriating lost&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148726"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=148726"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148726\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=148726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=148726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=148726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}