Taiwan's National Palace Museum Defends Decision To Partner With the Met

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The National Palace Museum has defended its decision to partner with the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art rather than its Beijing counterpart to mark its 100th anniversary, given the current state of cross-strait relations.

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00:00Taiwan's National Palace Museum is defending its decision to collaborate with a U.S. museum

00:05rather than its Chinese counterpart for its 100th anniversary celebration.

00:10China is criticizing the museum for displaying pieces from the Met in New York, saying it

00:15should have partnered with Beijing's Palace Museum instead, given their shared cultural

00:20roots.

00:21The National Palace Museum said that cross-strait tensions made collaboration with China unsuitable,

00:26citing frequent Chinese military incursions into Taiwan's Air Defense Identification Zone.

00:31It added that all exchanges must be based on equality and dignity.

00:36Taiwan's National Palace Museum holds nearly 700,000 artifacts and artworks from China.

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