00:00Taiwan's National Palace Museum is defending its decision to collaborate with a U.S. museum
00:05rather than its Chinese counterpart for its 100th anniversary celebration.
00:10China is criticizing the museum for displaying pieces from the Met in New York, saying it
00:15should have partnered with Beijing's Palace Museum instead, given their shared cultural
00:20roots.
00:21The National Palace Museum said that cross-strait tensions made collaboration with China unsuitable,
00:26citing frequent Chinese military incursions into Taiwan's Air Defense Identification Zone.
00:31It added that all exchanges must be based on equality and dignity.
00:36Taiwan's National Palace Museum holds nearly 700,000 artifacts and artworks from China.
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