A museum in China’s western Shanxi Province notified the public this week that it would be forced to close temporarily—as the museum’s curator had been severely assaulted and left in a coma by a Chinese Communist Party district chief. The incident has sparked heated discussions on Chinese social media about the abject state of China’s justice system—and the people’s lack of recourse.
The Luliang North Wudang Ancient Weapons Museum in Shanxi Province posted an unusual notice on its official account on the Chinese social media platform Weibo on May 8. The notice announced the temporary closure of a sister museum—but for a shocking reason….