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The website of the Tokyo National Museum publicises its exhibition of a masterpiece by Tang calligrapher Yan Zhenqing. Photo: Tokyo National Museum

If period drama Yanxi Palace is gone, what’s the story for Chinese soft power?

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The Story of Yanxi Palace. Photo: HANDOUT [FEATURES 2018]

China’s competing legacies on show at National Palace Museums in Beijing and Taipei

FILE - In this Feb. 25, 1972 file photo, then U.S. President Richard Nixon and first lady Pat Nixon enter the palace grounds of Beijing's Forbidden City as heavy snow falls on the Beijing, China. In the background is a fleet of Chinese made Hong Qi limousines. China is reviving the illustrious Red Flag marque, better known at home by its Chinese name, Hong Qi, courtesy of a government-backed program to promote domestic brands that dovetails neatly with efforts to step-up Chinas diplomatic profile, partly through a greater emphasis on the pomp and circumstance accompanying state visits. (AP Photo, File)

***ONE TIME USE ONLY, PLEASE CLEAR THE COPYRIGHTS BEFORE RE-USE - OTUO*** --IMPERIAL TREASURE-- This handout image shows Palace Museum pieces being crated before being moved, in China. [11NOVEMBER2015 FEATURE POST MAGAZINE]

TO GO WITH AFP STORY "TAIWAN-LIFESTYLE-CHINA-POLITICS-MUSEUM" by Benjamin Yeh
Tourists walk in front of the National Palace Museum in Taipei on January 6, 2009.  The museum and its counterpart in Beijing plan to hold a joint exhibition of artifacts and arrange exchange of visits by their officials, in yet another sign of fast improving ties between Taiwan and rival China.  AFP PHOTO/Sam YEH (Photo by SAM YEH / AFP)

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China, Beijing, In the Hall of Harmonies of the Forbidden City

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***ONE TIME USE ONLY, PLEASE CLEAR THE COPYRIGHTS BEFORE RE-USE - OTUO*** --IMPERIAL TREASURE-- This handout image shows one of the naval vessels that brought the art pieces from mainland to Taiwan, the Zhong Ding. [11NOVEMBER2015 FEATURE POST MAGAZINE]

--IMPERIAL TREASURE-- This handout image shows Imperial treasures on the move, in China. [11NOVEMBER2015 FEATURE POST MAGAZINE]

The National Palace Museum in Taipei, Taiwan. Picture: Alamy

Hall of Supreme Harmony, Forbidden City, Beijing, China.

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Reginald Johnston (left) and Puyi.

The “meat-shaped stone” and “jade cabbage” on display at the National Palace Museum in Taipei. Picture: Alamy

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Opinion | If Xi Jinping wants Chinese culture to flourish, he should free it from Communist Party control