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Meanwhile, Max Yu, general manager of Taikoo Li Sanlitun, told Beijing Business Daily that "the opening of the store combines a fashion icon and historic site, a good experiment in upgrading and transforming commercial property to have cross-over cooperation with culture, amid the background that there is a huge consumption revolution among the rising post-1980s and 1990s."
Shan Jixiang, curator of the Palace Museum said, "We cannot promote the Museum to the public with an unchanged and serious look. We must use a youthful approach to attract the young people."