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Monday, June 25, 2018

As tourism and trading links soar, will Greece become the bridge between China and the rest of Europe?

Priceless relics that belonged to one of China’s greatest leaders will leave Beijing’s Forbidden City for the first time and be displayed in the birthplace of democracy. Reconstructed rooms and more than 150 artefacts from the life of the 18th-century Emperor Qianlong will go on show in September in the white marble Acropolis Museum in Athens. Over the past three years, Chinese tourism to Greece has grown rapidly, due partly to the scheduling of a direct flight three times a week...


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