Comments on: Flemish Art Dealer Dies Under House Arrest In Beijing

By: Kurt De Raedemaeker : Vlaamse kunsthandelaar in Peking overleden aan hartaanval. Dood na zes jaar hechtenis in China « Dongxi – Chinese antique textiles

Tue, 24 Jul 2012 09:26:06 +0000

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By: China Readings for March 31st | Sinocism

China Readings for March 31st | Sinocism — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 00:10:55 +0000

[...] » Flemish Art Dealer Dies Under House Arrest In Beijing Beijing Cream – Yesterday, the news website FlandersNews.be — part of Flemish public broadcaster VRT – reported that Kurt De Raedemaeker, 48, died of a heart attack on an unspecified day while under house arrest in Beijing. [...]

By: Keystone

Keystone — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 23:03:42 +0000

Very simple way to avoid such tragedy.
Stop purchasing smuggled Chinese antiquity and stop smuggling it out of China.
No one buys, then no one smuggle, no one smuggle, then no peasant has intention to steal if they can’t monetize what they steal.
Due process and justice for all are of course essential principles and by no means Chinese government work up to those standards in terms of how it treats its own people and/or foreigners.
But, if let these types of people go for free, and expect humane laws in West guarantee a easy life for him afterwhile, I would rather see him rot in jail in China, simply from a Chinese’s perspective.