China has used the power of its tourism as a tool to punish nations that offend the Party, so could the US be next, asks Tom Pattinson The world has seen a huge bump in global tourism spending in recent years with the US Travel Associate stating that worldwide growth in tourism was 8 percent in 2017. Britain’s 2016 referendum result may have been another factor that led to a …
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A spate of thefts of Chinese relicts from Western institutions is being carried by well-heeled organisations
Where historical treasures are to be found tells us more about today’s geopolitics than yesterday’s history, writes Tom Pattinson The first heist was in 2010. A small group broke into the China Pavilion at Stockholm’s Drottningholm Palace before making off on motorbikes, which they ditched in a nearby lake, before zipping off into the night on speedboat. All in under six minutes. A month later, thieves descended Mission Impossible-style from …