In their flight, the nationalists under Chiang-Kai Shek took historical treasures, including most of the contents of theForbiddenCityinBeijing - the National Palace Museum in Taipei is an astounding collection of hundreds of thousands of treasures.
Late last month police beat up an American photographer who had taken pictures of a man being detained outside theForbiddenCityinBeijing, where Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo and Jose Carreras were giving a concert in support of the Olympic ideal.