from The Times
Don't sell our lost treasure on eBay, begs museum
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from The New York Times
Museum Asks EBay to Block Some Sales
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and

from The Sunday Times
Forbidden City's tacky shops sent packing
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When commercial interests override heritage preservation concerns, it can only be an indication of a larger underlying callousness for heritage as a collective social good. Cultural heritage is seen to be worthy of effort because of its financial returns. That indeed would be the low point of human civilisation!