​Racing Against Time: How China is Bringing Lost Cultural Relics Home

After more than 80 years overseas, two rare Zidanku Silk Manuscripts—ancient Warring States texts—have returned home.

Smuggled to the U.S. in the 1940s, these scrolls were traced and retrieved thanks to years of cross-border legal work and historical research.

Scholars like Prof. Huo Zhengxin race against time to stop auctions and reclaim stolen artifacts. "It’s a battle for justice—and memory."

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By Wang Ziyuan, Zhang Danni (intern), Chen Yulong, Huang Xiaoying, Jiang Xiaobin/ China Youth Daily

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