英国路透社：中国政府：竞拍者竞拍纯属于个人行为

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【原文标题】 China says bronze bidder acted on his own
【中文标题】 中国政府：竞拍者竞拍纯属个人行为
【文章来源】 http://www.reuters.com/article/artsNews/idUSTRE5210FM20090306
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BEIJING (Reuters) - China's government had nothing to do with a bid by a Chinese art collector for two sculptures looted from Beijing in the 1800s in which the bidder has refused to pay in an act of patriotism, state media said on Friday.

  周五政府对外表示，中国政府与收藏家蔡铭超此次竞拍两尊19世纪的兽相铜首的行为完全无关，竞拍者拒绝付款属于爱国行为。

Cai Mingchao, a collector and adviser to a private foundation in China that seeks to retrieve looted treasures, said he successfully bid for the items which sold for 15 million euros ($20 million) each at a Paris auction for the art collection of late designer Yves Saint Laurent.

  蔡铭超是一位私人艺术品收藏家，他一直想寻找流失海外的文物。他表示，此次在巴黎举行的拍卖会上，自己已经成功拍得这两件原本属于设计师伊夫圣罗兰，各价值1500万欧元（2000万美元）的文物。

But Cai said the relics should not have been put up for sale in the first place as they had been stolen from Beijing's Summer Palace, which was razed in 1860 by French and British forces.

  但蔡先生表示，从圆明园被盗流失海外的文物不应该在公众前首次入面即遭拍卖，1860年英法联军焚毁了圆明园。

Shan Jixiang, director of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, said the government had stayed out of the bid.

  国家文物局局长单霁翔表示，政府与此次竞拍无关。

"The bidding was completely a personal behavior," the official Xinhua news agency quoted Shan as saying in an English-language report.

  “此次竞拍完全是个人行为”，新华社在其一份英文报道中援引单霁翔局长的话

"The (administration) had nothing to do with it," he said, adding his department had no idea who the bidder was until he identified himself earlier this week.

  “政府与此次竞拍无关”，他说，并补充到直到竞拍者自己公布身份，文物局才知道是谁拍下了这两尊文物。

Before the auction, France was already the target of Chinese public ire because President Nicolas Sarkozy had met the Dalai Lama, whom China brands a separatist.

  早在此次拍卖之前，由于总统尼古拉.萨科奇与中国政府一贯认为是分裂分子的达赖喇嘛会面，而使法国成为了中国民众愤怒的众矢之的。

Five other bronze heads looted from the Summer Palace are still unaccounted for and it is unknown if they were destroyed or are in private collections.

  另外五尊从圆明园被盗流失的兽相铜首目前仍然下落不明，大家都不知道这些文物是已经被毁坏了还是现在由私人收藏。