China
How absurd to "kidnap" cultural relics with human rights
It is unlikely that Berge doesn't know the source of the two bronze sculptures, and doesn't have the common sense that looted countries always hope their stolen treasures be returned to them.
Berge's offer originates from prejudice rather than ignorance, a prejudice reflecting some people's West-centered complex, and a customary thinking of imposing their values upon others.
It is well known that in modern history Western powers not only stole numerous cultural relics from less developed countries throughout the world by means of war, but also seized natural resources from those countries, making them struggle in long-term poverty without basic rights for their people.
Now the developing countries have walked on the path of independence and self-striving, yet some people in the West like Berge choose to ignore human rights development in those countries,and frequently "kidnap" international affairs in the name of "human rights."
They advocate the theory that human rights are higher than sovereignty, and connect the issue with aid, trade, the Olympics, and even with relics.