Tibet erased at Christie's Hong Kong auction

"News flash" is the headline of  the press release announcing that it took 22- minutes of  bidding at Christie's current auction in Hong Kong before Liu Yiqian became the new owner of this 15th-century thangka, an exceptional example of Tibetan Buddhist painting on cloth, The prize cost him $45million US dollars; a world-auction record, we are told for any Chinese work of art.. The release goes on to quote Mr Liu talking about proud he is to bring this work of art back to China!  Christie's should be ashamed of itself for adopting the Republic of China's attempt to remove from history the country of Tibet with its long and distinctive culture, religion and art. No news flash is necessary to remind us that the bottom line is a slippery, muddy place.