WA Museum Boola Bardip denies changes to a China display were due to political pressure
After complaint from WA Chinese consul general, the state museum of Western Australia changed description of Covid-19 as virus “originating in China” and included Taiwan in map of China.
Mark Harrison, a senior lecture in Chinese studies at the University of Tasmania, said this was “not correct” and the museum had overstepped Australia’s own foreign police on Taiwan.
A museum spokeswoman added, “Whatever people’s personal views may be about international politics, as a museum we deal in facts. Suggestions that updates were made in response to coercion are without substance. The changes were made in the interests of factual accuracy.”
Source: The Guardian #Dec04
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/dec/04/wa-museum-boola-bardip-denies-changes-to-china-display-were-due-to-political-pressure?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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After complaint from WA Chinese consul general, the state museum of Western Australia changed description of Covid-19 as virus “originating in China” and included Taiwan in map of China.
Mark Harrison, a senior lecture in Chinese studies at the University of Tasmania, said this was “not correct” and the museum had overstepped Australia’s own foreign police on Taiwan.
A museum spokeswoman added, “Whatever people’s personal views may be about international politics, as a museum we deal in facts. Suggestions that updates were made in response to coercion are without substance. The changes were made in the interests of factual accuracy.”
Source: The Guardian #Dec04
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/dec/04/wa-museum-boola-bardip-denies-changes-to-china-display-were-due-to-political-pressure?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
#WAMuseum #Australia #AustraliaChina #China #CovidOrigin #Taiwan