By HOU CHENCHEN and ZHU XINGXIN in Taiyuan, Shanxi |

China Daily |

Visitors view artifacts on display at the "A Millennium Treasure of Ancient Khmer Civilization" exhibition at Shanxi Museum in Taiyuan, North China's Shanxi province, on June 9. ZHU XINGXIN/CHINA DAILY

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