A French museum won backing from scholars on Tuesday for its decision to halt an exhibition about Mongol leader&nbsp;Genghis&nbsp;Khan because of a censorship attempt by the Chinese government.

The history museum in the western French city of Nantes announced Monday that it was delaying the opening of the exhibition about the legendary founder of the 13th-Century Mongol Empire by more than three years.

Preparations for the show, planned in collaboration with the Inner Mongolia Museum in Hohhot, China, ran into trouble after the Chinese Bureau of Cultural Heritage pushed for changes to the original project plan, "including notably elements of biased rewriting of Mongol culture in favour of a new national narrative", the Nantes museum said.

The Chinese authorities demanded that certain words, including "Genghis&nbsp;Khan," "Empire" and "Mongol" be removed from the exhibition, and later asked for control over exhibition texts, maps, brochures and communication, the museum said.

The dispute coincides with a tougher Chinese line against ethnic Mongols, who account for about 6.5 million of China's 1.4 billion inhabitants and mostly live in the northern province of Inner Mongolia.

The province has seen weeks of protests and school boycotts over a policy requiring schools to teach politics, history, and literature in Mandarin rather than the local language.

"The Chinese regime bans historical narratives that don't match its official narratives. And tries to do the same abroad," tweeted Valerie Niquet, an Asia specialist at France's Foundation for Strategic Research.

Antoine Bondaz, a research fellow at the foundation, also backed the museum's decision on Twitter, calling the reported Chinese demands "crazy".

"The Nantes museum and Hohhot museum had good working relations until Beijing changed its policies and tried to impose its narrative abroad," he added.

The "hardening this summer of the Chinese government's position towards the Mongol minority" prompted the halt of the exhibition, the museum said.

"We decided to stop this production in the name of the human, scientific and ethical values that we defend," museum director Bertrand Guillet said in a statement.

The show, which was to open next week, had already been pushed back to the first half of 2021 because of the coronavirus crisis.

But the museum said it was now "forced to delay this exhibition until October 2024".

This would give it time to build a new exhibition, featuring works from European and American collections.

A French museum won backing from scholars on Tuesday for its decision to halt an exhibition about Mongol leader Genghis Khan because of a censorship attempt by the Chinese government.

A French museum won backing from scholars on Tuesday for its decision to halt an exhibition about Mongol leader Genghis Khan because of a censorship attempt by the Chinese government. The history museum in the western French city of Nantes announced Monday that it was delaying the opening of the exhibition about the legendary founder of the 13th-Century Mongol Empire by more than three years. Preparations for the show, planned in collaboration with the Inner Mongolia Museum in Hohhot, China, ran into trouble after the Chinese Bureau of Cultural Heritage pushed for changes to the original project plan, "including notably elements of biased rewriting of Mongol culture in favour of a new national narrative", the Nantes museum said. The Chinese authorities demanded that certain words, including "Genghis Khan," "Empire" and "Mongol" be removed from the exhibition, and later asked for control over exhibition texts, maps, brochures and communication, the museum said. The dispute coincides with a tougher Chinese line against ethnic Mongols, who account for about 6.5 million of China's 1.4 billion inhabitants and mostly live in the northern province of Inner Mongolia. The province has seen weeks of protests and school boycotts over a policy requiring schools to teach politics, history, and literature in Mandarin rather than the local language. "The Chinese regime bans historical narratives that don't match its official narratives. And tries to do the same abroad," tweeted Valerie Niquet, an Asia specialist at France's Foundation for Strategic Research. Antoine Bondaz, a research fellow at the foundation, also backed the museum's decision on Twitter, calling the reported Chinese demands "crazy". "The Nantes museum and Hohhot museum had good working relations until Beijing changed its policies and tried to impose its narrative abroad," he added. The "hardening this summer of the Chinese government's position towards the Mongol minority" prompted the halt of the exhibition, the museum said. "We decided to stop this production in the name of the human, scientific and ethical values that we defend," museum director Bertrand Guillet said in a statement. The show, which was to open next week, had already been pushed back to the first half of 2021 because of the coronavirus crisis. But the museum said it was now "forced to delay this exhibition until October 2024". This would give it time to build a new exhibition, featuring works from European and American collections.

French museum postpones Genghis Khan exhibit after Chinese interference

A Beijing-based trio of activists that published censored articles on China's handling of the coronavirus outbreak have gone&nbsp;missing.

Cai Wei, a woman surnamed Tang and Chen Mei&nbsp;were contributors to a crowd-sourced project called 'Terminus-2049'.

Also read:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/journalist-jailed-for-15-years-as-chinese-government-intensifies-free-speech-clampdown-296111" hreflang="en">Journalist jailed for 15-yrs as Chinese govt intensifies free-speech clampdown</a>

This project began in 2018 and was collecting articles and stories that were being removed from social media and news portals.

This project existed on Git-Hub, the world's largest open-source website that is a haven for Chinese activists to circumvent the great firewall on censored content.

Also read:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/how-starbucks-number-one-chinese-competitor-imploded-296169" hreflang="en">How Starbucks' number one Chinese competitor imploded?</a>

However, the terminus has now disappeared in China along with&nbsp;the activists running it. They have been missing since April 19.

According to reports, they were detained by Chinese police and are being held at an unknown location.

The charges against them are ''picking quarrels and provoking trouble''.

And the fault of these activists was that they were trying to highlight the reality about the misdiagnosis of patients in China about the deaths of patients after they were discharged.

Anyone who fails to adhere to the rules of the Chinese regime has been punished brutally in the past.

The most famous example is that of an interview with Ai Fen, the whistle-blower doctor at Wuhan Central Hospital.

Her interview was published in the March edition of the People's&nbsp;magazine China's but was removed within hours after it got published.

The Beijing-based trio&nbsp;discovered that interview and re-published it Git-Hub.&nbsp;It was because of this reason that they are being held captive.

These journalists might be released later after they have been re-educated and they have agreed to change their opinions.

This has been seen&nbsp;in the case of Li Zehua,&nbsp;a 25-year-old citizen journalist who disappeared for two months for reporting from Wuhan.

However, he has re-appeared a few days&nbsp;ago and is singing praises of his captors.

A Beijing-based trio of activists that published censored articles on China's handling of the coronavirus outbreak have gone missing. Cai Wei, a woman surnamed Tang and Chen Mei were contributors to a crowd-sourced project called 'Terminus-2049'.

A Beijing-based trio of activists that published censored articles on China's handling of the coronavirus outbreak have gone missing. Cai Wei, a woman surnamed Tang and Chen Mei were contributors to a crowd-sourced project called 'Terminus-2049'. Also read: Journalist jailed for 15-yrs as Chinese govt intensifies free-speech clampdown This project began in 2018 and was collecting articles and stories that were being removed from social media and news portals. This project existed on Git-Hub, the world's largest open-source website that is a haven for Chinese activists to circumvent the great firewall on censored content. Also read: How Starbucks' number one Chinese competitor imploded? However, the terminus has now disappeared in China along with the activists running it. They have been missing since April 19. According to reports, they were detained by Chinese police and are being held at an unknown location. The charges against them are ''picking quarrels and provoking trouble''. And the fault of these activists was that they were trying to highlight the reality about the misdiagnosis of patients in China about the deaths of patients after they were discharged. Anyone who fails to adhere to the rules of the Chinese regime has been punished brutally in the past. The most famous example is that of an interview with Ai Fen, the whistle-blower doctor at Wuhan Central Hospital. Her interview was published in the March edition of the People's magazine China's but was removed within hours after it got published. The Beijing-based trio discovered that interview and re-published it Git-Hub. It was because of this reason that they are being held captive. These journalists might be released later after they have been re-educated and they have agreed to change their opinions. This has been seen in the case of Li Zehua, a 25-year-old citizen journalist who disappeared for two months for reporting from Wuhan. However, he has re-appeared a few days ago and is singing praises of his captors.

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French museum postpones Genghis Khan exhibit after Chinese interference

Activists disappear after publishing articles on China's handling of coronavirus