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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Matthew Weaver

V&A censored catalogues after demands by Chinese printer

1930s Empire Marketing Board poster showing British Empire trade routes and territories
A 1930s map of British empire trade routes that was censored by state-controlled printers in China. The V&A wanted to use this image to illustrate a catalogue about Black music in Britain but it was forced to replace it. Photograph: Retro AdArchives/Alamy

One of the UK’s leading museums has accepted demands by a Chinese firm that publishes its catalogues to remove images that fall foul of the country’s censorship laws.

The Victoria and Albert Museum has agreed to requests by the Chinese printing company to delete maps and images from at least two recent exhibition catalogues, according to documents released to the Guardian after freedom of information requests.

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