Nepal:
The Great Plunder

By Steve Chao

26 min

how the art world’s hunger for ancient artifacts is destroying a culture

Published in 2018 by Al Jazeera.

Bibtex Data

@misc{2018-nepal-great-plunder,
    category={av},
    title={{N}epal: {T}he {G}reat {P}lunder},
    author={Steve Chao},
    publisher={Al Jazeera},
    year=2018,
    month=jul,
    minutes=26,
    keywords={tibetan,things,capitalism,bart,west,asia,nepal,nepali,tibetan-art},
    ranking={rank3},
    url={https://youtu.be/n0yKxj3KS3E}
}

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