Buddhas and Dinosaur Bones Among Dozens of Smuggled Artifacts Repatriated to China

In advance of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s three-day visit to the White House last month, the United States quietly repatriated 58 cultural objects and artifacts to China in a ceremony that took place at the Chinese embassy in Washington, D.C. Homeland Security Investigations (HIS), a unit that is part of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), announced the news on Wednesday. The following day, six additional bronze objects were also returned to China by the Manhattan District At