1993 APT1 Conference : Identity, tradition and change

5 Many overseas scholars of Chinese a rt look through the bamboo tube to view the spo tted leopard. If they a re able to accord 'p o litic a l' pop its app rop ria te position within con tem po rary Chinese a r t then they will be able to make a fu ller appraisal of th e possible fu tu re development of contemporary Chinese a rt. Chinese con tem po rary a rt cannot and should not a lte r the established process of con tinua tion because of ex terna l influences, or th e views of foreign scholars. Thank you everyone.