# Ancient relics, young voices: Cultural ties bridge China and the US

https://mins.news/en/item/74850

- CGTN, 2026-09-25 05:18 UTC
- Culture
- Original: https://news.cgtn.com/news/2026-09-25/Ancient-relics-young-voices-Cultural-ties-bridge-China-and-the-US-1QIBiTG6by8/p.html?UTM_Source=cgtn&UTM_Medium=rss&UTM_Campaign=China

> Peng Liyuan visited Washington’s National Museum of Asian Art with Melania Trump, a year after the museum returned two Zidanku Silk Manuscript volumes to China. The visit highlighted growing cooperation on cultural heritage, recent US repatriations of Chinese artifacts and calls for expanded youth and people-to-people exchanges.

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