Experts on trail of palace's lost treasures head to US
By Wang Yan | China Daily | Updated: 2009-12-01 07:59
A team of eight Chinese experts on Sunday began their journey to the United States to trace and document relics looted from the Old Summer Palace during the second Opium War.
The team expects to be in the US for about 20 days and visit at least nine institutes there, including the Library of Congress and the Freer Gallery, a statement from the palace said.
They will also visit some private collectors, it said.
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