For four years two looted bronze statues from Qing dynasty have become a cause celebre for Chinese nationalists seeking their return from France.
Jackie Chan took on the hunt for the missing bronzes in his latest film, Chinese Zodiac/CZ12, which showed the star kickboxing his way around western museums, and depicted evil auctioneers bringing the hammer down on similar treasures.
So when on Friday the billionaire owner of Christie’s auction house said he would hand the statues back it did as much to improve Sino-French relations as a simultaneous visit to China of President François Hollande.
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