Artificial intelligence is transforming how ancient Chinese texts are recovered, studied, and shared as universities and tech companies digitize historical manuscripts into open online databases.
Jeffrey Ying, 39, was sentenced for stealing and replacing rare Chinese manuscripts at UCLA with fakes. He used aliases and traveled to China shortly after the thefts, which were discovered when the library flagged missing items.
Jeffrey Ying, 39, was sentenced to one year in jail for stealing and replacing rare Chinese manuscripts at UCLA with fakes. He used aliases to access the books, which were over 600 years old, and often traveled to China shortly after the thefts.
Busan City has registered the sheet music for the popular song "Camellia Girl" and the handwritten manuscripts of Monk Seongcheol as registered cultural heritage. Three other tangible cultural assets were also designated.
Two thousand Jain manuscripts collected by British pharmaceutical entrepreneur Sir Henry Wellcome are being returned to the Jain community after being held by the Wellcome Collection in London. The collection, spanning the 15th to 19th centuries, will be transferred to the University of Birmingham.
