China forces Thai art show to remove, change works

Claims exhibit distorts Chinese policies on Tibet, Xinjiang, HK

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China on Monday accused organizers of an exhibition in Thailand of distorting Chinese policies on Tibet, Xinjiang, and Hong Kong (HK) after the show's co-curator said artworks were removed or altered at Beijing's request.

The exhibition, which opened on July 24, "promoted the fallacies of so-called 'Tibetan independence,' 'the East Turkestan Islamic Movement,' and 'Hong Kong independence," distorted China's policies and "undermined China's core interests and political dignity," the foreign ministry said in its replies to Reuters questions about the show.

The Bangkok Arts and Cultural Centre, one of Thailand's top galleries, removed or altered artworks on Hong Kong as well as the Chinese government's treatment of ethnic minorities in Tibet and Xinjiang at the request of the Chinese embassy.

The foreign ministry neither confirmed nor denied that the Chinese embassy was behind the removal and alteration.