A collection of 279 Greek cultural relics is currently on display at the National Museum of China in Beijing, providing a window into the beauty of ancient Greece for visitors in the Chinese capital.
The exhibits showcase a diverse range of items, including pottery, bronze, gold and silverware, glassware, murals, and sculptures, spanning 5,000 years from the late Neolithic period to the 1st century BC.
All the exhibits come from the National Archaeological Museum of Greece, with the vast majority being displayed outside the country for the first time.
Among the cultural relics on display is a golden necklace featuring ten foil pendants, each shaped like a pair of opposing eagles. The necklace was unearthed alongside the famous Mask of Agamemnon.
"The National Archaeological Museum of Greece has an incredibly important artifact that cannot be showcased outside the country -- the Mask of Agamemnon. However, here you can also see a remarkably exquisite gold necklace that was unearthed at the same time as the Mask of Agamemnon. The necklace features pairs of opposing eagles. It is exquisitely designed," said Zhu Xiaoyun, director of the Department of International Relations at the National Museum of China and planner of the exhibition.
The exhibition, titled The Countless Aspects of Beauty in Ancient Art, opened last week and will last seven months.
279 ancient Greek cultural relics on display in Beijing
Nicaragua's co-foreign minister Valdrack Jaentschke has warned that militarism must never be allowed to rise again, as Japan's recent moves to lift its arms export ban and revise the pacifist Constitution continue to draw international concern.
This year marks the 80th anniversary of the opening of the Tokyo Trials, where Japan's Class-A war criminals from World War II were brought to justice.
In an interview with China Global Television Network (CGTN), Valdrack Jaentschke voiced his concern that today's world order is being undermined by interventionism and other challenges.
"It is necessary for us to remember that after the end of World War II, countries worked hard to build a new international order based on international law. However, regrettably, more than 80 years later, we are seeing that this once explored and attempted order is being challenged by interventionism, a confrontational mindset, and tendencies like 'might makes right.' These are precisely the conditions that gave rise to fascism and militarism in the past, which ultimately led to the tragedy of World War II," he said.
He said the international community has a responsibility to pursue a new international order -- one fundamentally grounded in peace.
"Looking back at the history more than eight decades ago and comparing it with today's reality, it is our responsibility to recognize that the world should, and must, build a new international order that is more just, fairer, rooted in international law, based on a logic of mutual benefit and shared success, and fundamentally grounded in peace," said the minister.
"Today, as we revisit the Tokyo Trials, it is meant to remind the world that such a tragedy must never be repeated -- and that we must do everything in our power to prevent it from happening again. We must stop that dark world -- born from militarism, interventionism, and fascism -- from ever returning," he said.
Nicaraguan FM warns of militarism revival
