French museum halts Genghis Khan show after Chinese pressure


A French Museum has stopped an exhibition on Mongol leader Genghis Khan after coming under pressure from China to change its contents to reflect Beijing's official historical narrative. – EPA pic, October 13, 2020.

A FRENCH museum won backing from scholars today for its decision to halt an exhibition about Mongol leader Genghis Khan because of a censorship attempt by the Chinese government.

The history museum in the western French city of Nantes announced yesterday that it was delaying the opening of the exhibition about the legendary founder of the 13th-Century Mongol Empire by more than three years.


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