Home set for rightful return of treasures
By Alexis Hooi | China Daily | Updated: 2009-07-17 07:51
I fulfilled a long-cherished desire three weeks ago, when I arrived at the Mogao Grottoes near Dunhuang in Gansu province.
I was finally at the site that held some of the most splendid Buddhist art the world has ever known.
As I walked through 10 of the 735 caves that helped preserve works spanning more than a millennium, my heart began to sink.
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