T.H. Tsien, 105, Dies; Scholar of Chinese Books Rescued 30,000 of Them

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58 pointsThevet5 comments

...only to end up having the digital scans of them locked up behind academic walls. I don't understand librarians who behave this way.

Do you have a particular text you've observed this is the case for?

Knowledge is power, I mean, you can't just give that stuff away!

Kind of poor behavior for the United States to return the volumes to Taiwan and not China....

China sees Taiwan as part of China.

If US return the volumes to Taiwan and China complains about it then China would indirectly admit that Taiwan is a separate country.