China Agrees to Lend Art to Museum in Taiwan

The National Palace Museum in Taipai, Taiwan, is holding an art exhibition next autumn. They are being lent some important pieces of art from mainland China. More than a simple temporary gift, this represents a symbolic gesture on the part of mainland China to Taiwan. When the two million nationalists fled to Taiwan, they took with them about a quarter of the original art collection and have refused to let mainland China borrow any of them, in fear they won't be returned. This might possibly signify a shift towards positive relations between the two territories, something that the new president of Taiwan, Ma Ying-Jeou, has promised since his election.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/17/arts/design/17palace.html