#头条创作挑战赛##阿根廷向大陆返还14件文物艺术品#
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Since the maverick Argentine President Milley came to power, he has given the general impression to the outside world that he is "a good actor", but after being tortured by reality, Milley seems to realize that his own set may not work, and the West is unreliable, so after weighing the pros and cons, Argentina once again released goodwill to the eastern powers.
(Argentine President Milley)
According to the latest news from the Chinese Embassy in Argentina quoted by the global network, the Argentine government recently handed over 14 pieces of cultural relics and artworks illegally exported from the country to the Chinese side, of which 7 are bronze Yong bells in the late Spring and Autumn Period, and the other 7 are terracotta figurines, figurines, bronze frogs, and bronze helmets between the Han Dynasty and the Northern and Southern Dynasties.
The antiquities were seized in 2017 by the Argentine police in cooperation with Interpol to crack down on the crime of smuggling cultural relics; In 2023, an Argentine court ruled that the artifacts would be returned to China.
(Argentina returns cultural relics to China)
China and Argentina are both parties to UNESCO's conventions on combating the smuggling of cultural objects, and the two countries also signed an agreement in 2018, the first of its kind since the agreement was signed.
Is this Milley's overtures to us after he came to power? Could it be that Argentina has recently been short of money to spend, so it has happily returned the cultural relics and taken the initiative to show us goodwill and mend the relationship between the two countries? The answer can be "yes, but not all".
(Cultural relics returned from Argentina)
Overall, Argentina was once one of the world's leading destinations for the smuggling of antiquities, as the judicial system was relatively loose and antiquities smuggling was rampant. As the Argentine government ramps up its crackdown on the smuggling of antiquities, the country regularly seizes artifacts of unknown origin. In terms of returning smuggled cultural relics, Argentina has always been more active, UNESCO has praised Argentina for "walking in the world in the return of smuggled cultural relics", according to statistics, Argentina from 2004 to 2021, at least 4825 pieces of smuggled cultural relics were returned to the original country, so this time Argentina took the initiative to return Chinese cultural relics, to a certain extent, due to their policy.
Argentina, on the other hand, does want to make up for its relationship with China. Since the introduction of "shock therapy", Argentina's economy has been in turmoil; The worst thing is that Milley was a "lame president" when he came to power, and the opposition was in complete control of the parliament, which made many of his economic policies and measures completely impossible to implement, and the existing policies had too much negative impact.
(Protests against Milley intensified in Argentina)
A few days ago, the Argentine statistical agency released data showing that Argentina's GDP in the first quarter of this year shrank by 2.6% month-on-month and 5.1% year-on-year, and has fallen into a technical recession.
Against this backdrop, Milley, no matter how dull he is, should be able to understand that Argentina has little to do to solve its own problems without the help of an economic powerhouse. Although he has constantly curried favor with the West, such as visiting the United States and Israel, and has not hesitated to move closer to the "spiritual Jews", he still does not receive Western aid - after all, a group of vultures is waiting for Argentina's economy to be finished.
(Can Argentina get out of the economic crisis and be highly dependent on China)
Clearly, China became the last hope of the Milley government. Some time ago, the Argentine Central Bank announced that China agreed to renew the 35 billion yuan currency swap agreement, which temporarily alleviated the serious shortage of foreign exchange in Argentina; But Argentina wants to further develop relations with China, and to be honest, a few artifacts are not enough, and on many issues, Milley needs to show greater sincerity.
(China is an important market for Argentina)
In today's international environment full of uncertainties, China is currently the most certain of the world's major economies. Countries trying to expand foreign trade relations with China can be said to have a long queue. Milai Ke has to think about it, after this village, there will be no such shop!