Day: Apr 20, 2026

Fidel Castro - Father of the Nation!

Cuba: One Signature – Millions of Voices for the Homeland! (20.4.2026)

Now millions throughout the island will add their hands to the giant stroke, each with their signatures, holding young and expert hearts, bearers of dreams and diverse commitments, but signing with common ink: homeland and flag.

It will be a giant book, written by as many hands as the children of this land want to live in peace, without imperial blockades, hegemonic threats or military aggressions that would only leave eternal voids in the families of both nations.

These signatures will gradually fatten the muscles of a long and thin island that more than once has shown signs of defending its ideas at any price, like the moral giant that it is in the year of the centenary of its historic leader, Commander in Chief Fidel Castro.

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Professor Zhu Fenghan, the lead editor of a sixty-volume compendium documenting more than 23,000 ancient Chinese bronze artifacts lost abroad, poses for a photo during a press conference for the books' release in east China's Shanghai, April 19, 2026. (Xinhua/Liu Ying)

China: Record of “Stolen Bronzes” By Imperialists Compiled! (20.4.2026)

Zhu, also the lead editor of the books, said previous such surveys focused mainly on bronze bells, cauldrons and ritual vessels. This collection categorizes nearly 300 types of bronze artifacts, ranging from weapons, tools, lamps and mirror stands to irons, coal rakes and dice. One example is a human-shaped lamp stand currently at the Minneapolis Institute of Art.

Previously, scholars at home and abroad generally assumed that there were over 3,000 Chinese bronze wares in overseas collections. However, the “Collection of Chinese Bronzes in Overseas Collections” has expanded this figure by more than sevenfold.

“We have created an identity document for each piece of relics,” Zhu said. The team found that only a few relics have clear records of legal trade, diplomatic gifts or legitimate export.

As the compendium points out, the primary channels for these bronzes leaving China from the late 19th century to mid-20th century were looting, smuggling and war plunder. Western collectors and dealers bought large numbers through agents inside China, forming an illegal supply chain.

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