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Established in 1925, China’s famed Palace Museum opened a branch in Hong Kong on Sunday, days after Chinese President Xi Jinping visited the former British colony on June 30.
It has been done to showcase Chinese culture to influence Hong Kong residents as the city had witnessed unprecedented protests against China post national security was enforced in June 2020.
Under China’s principle of “one country, two systems”, Hong Kong initially retained its education system when it came under Chinese rule in 1997 and lacked the focus on mainland “national security” dedicated to building national identities and patriotism.
According to Chinese media, the Hong Kong Palace Museum (HKPM) is located in the West Kowloon Cultural District.
Over 900 treasures from the collection of the Palace Museum in Beijing are put on display on rotation at the opening exhibitions, Xinhua News reported, adding that some of the pieces are being shown in Hong Kong for the first time.
Xinhua reported that around 80 per cent of tickets for the first four weeks of the opening exhibitions have already been sold.
