Escape from the British Museum tells the story of a jade teapot becoming human and wishing to return to China. A short video series is racking up views in China, amplifying calls for the British ...

The British Museum finds itself at the centre of a growing controversy over its labelling of Tibetan artefacts as originating ...

Hong Kong and China, before his death in 1964. The director of the British Museum, Dr Nicholas Cullinan, said it was an "incomparable private collection". The works have been on loan to the museum ...

A Snapshot of Museums and Galleries across China’ report, compiled by the arts team at British Council China, provides an ...

Among the items are ceramics from Europe, Japan, Hong Kong and China. Donated by the Sir Percival David Foundation, the new additions make the British Museum’s 10,000 object collection of ...

That is a remarkable achievement, and we can learn an enormous amount from that outside China," said Jessica Harrison-Hall, curator of Chinese ceramics and decorative arts at the British Museum.