{"id":148760,"date":"2026-03-28T22:00:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T22:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=148760"},"modified":"2026-03-28T22:00:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T22:00:13","slug":"how-china-is-stepping-into-the-cultural-repatriation-void-left-by-a-retreating-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=148760","title":{"rendered":"How China is stepping into the cultural repatriation void left by a retreating US"},"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. In this article, the second in a two-part series, Xinlu Liang looks at how China is wielding law, diplomacy and a Global South coalition to rewrite the rules of restitution, filling a void left by a retreating US.<br \/>\nIn January, as the United States was withdrawing from a raft of heritage and science bodies around the world, China was&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3348243\/how-china-stepping-cultural-repatriation-void-left-retreating-us?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\/148760"}],"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=148760"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148760\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=148760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=148760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=148760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}