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Stop 'counterproductive' attacks on famous paintings, says art world
Stop 'counterproductive' attacks on famous paintings, says art world
by  AFP

Art world professionals have slammed recent attacks on famous paintings by climate protesters as "counterproductive" and dangerous acts of vandalism. For Didier Rykner, founder of online French magazine La Tribune de l'art, these acts of protest are "counterproductive" and "the more visibility they are given, the more they will do it again".

Xi invokes Mao in visit to cradle of Communist revolution
Xi invokes Mao in visit to cradle of Communist revolution
by  AFP

Dressed in matching navy windbreakers and flanking President Xi Jinping, China's freshly appointed top leadership this week made their first group outing to the Communist Party's "holy land". Xi's choice to visit Yan'an -- a site inextricably linked with Communist China's founder Mao Zedong -- was an important, deliberate indication of the themes of his next five years at the helm, analysts said.

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