European Enlightenment in Beijing

"China’s new Age of Enlightenment
National Museum in Beijing looks to 18th-century Europe for its grand reopening

Imagine you are a rising global superpower of 1.3bn people. You have spent three decades ramping up a $5 trillion economy and upgrading your infrastructure. Now you are reopening your national museum—where you tell your story to your citizens and visitors—after a four-year renovation and expansion that has made it the largest museum building in the world. The immense columned edifice overlooks your capital’s historic central square, a hallowed site that echoes with painful memories of the not-so-distant past. What topic do you choose for your first international exhibition?
For the National Museum of China, on Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, the topic is the European Enlightenment."


Source:
http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/China’s+new+Age+of+Enlightenment/23495