Folks:

Since our first post on the plight of the historic vessel Free China the junk has been given a brief reprieve and for that we can all be thankful but the vessel is still in danger.  Hopefully the attention that is now focused on the junk will result in finding a permanent home and funds to restore it.  

Dione Chen has provided the MUA with an update.  You can read the latest on this rare example of Chinese shipbuilding here: 

http://www.uri.edu/artsci/his/mua/in_the_field/junk_update.html 


Best regards,

T Kurt Knoerl
Director
The Museum of Underwater Archaeology
http://www.uri.edu/mua

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