中国是深受文物盗窃、盗掘和非法贩运之害的国家。而美国则是世界上最主要的中国文物进口国之一。但与其他文物追索国相比,美国政府向中国归还文物的数量似乎并不多。5月18日是第39个“国际博物馆日”。然而对各国的博物馆来说,文物的流失是最痛心的事,而海外文物的回归则是各国期盼的喜事。最近,美国向他国归还海外流失文物的手笔可不小:今年3月16日,美国国土安全部门向伊拉克归还60多件文物。4月1日,美国向韩国正式返还了朝鲜王朝德宗印章“德宗御宝”。4月22日,美国政府又向埃及政府归还了数十件非法走私文物,其中包括一具公元前 China is a country deeply damaged by theft of cultural relics, piracy and illegal traffic. The United States is one of the major importers of Chinese cultural relics in the world. However, compared with other cultural relics recovery countries, the U.S. government does not seem to have many returned cultural relics to China. May 18 is the 39th “International Museum Day”. However, for museums in various countries, the loss of cultural relics is the most sad thing, and the return of overseas cultural relics is a happy event that all countries look forward to. Recently, the United States has done nothing to restore returned overseas cultural relics to other countries: On March 16 this year, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security returned 60 pieces of cultural relics to Iraq. April 1, the United States officially returned to South Korea, the Korean king Dezong seal On April 22, the U.S. government returned tens of illegal smuggled artifacts to the Egyptian government, including one BC