Workers renovate palaces in the 600-year-old Forbidden City, once home to Chinese emperors, and also called the Palace Museum. The museum curator suspended renovation work for about a year to improve the methodology. Photo: AFP
Workers renovate palaces in the 600-year-old Forbidden City, once home to Chinese emperors, and also called the Palace Museum. The museum curator suspended renovation work for about a year to improve the methodology. Photo: AFP
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Cheap fixes to Forbidden City put heritage in peril, grinding massive renovation to halt

Government tendering process caused more harm than good, says Palace Museum curator

Zhuang Pinghui
Zhuang Pinghui

Updated: 8:32am, 12 Dec, 2016

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Workers renovate palaces in the 600-year-old Forbidden City, once home to Chinese emperors, and also called the Palace Museum. The museum curator suspended renovation work for about a year to improve the methodology. Photo: AFP
Workers renovate palaces in the 600-year-old Forbidden City, once home to Chinese emperors, and also called the Palace Museum. The museum curator suspended renovation work for about a year to improve the methodology. Photo: AFP
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