A Chinese woman fainted in a jewellery shop after accidentally breaking a jade bracelet priced at $44,000 (£35,000). The tourist from eastern Jiangxi province was trying on the bracelet in a shop ...
The stone of heaven, as it is known in China ... Every sale is a gamble. Chunks of jadeite—as opposed to the more common nephrite, which is considered an inferior jade—resemble mud ...
Calligraphy, literally "beautiful writing," has been appreciated as an art form in many different cultures throughout the world, but the stature of calligraphy in Chinese culture is unmatched ...
Despite the impact of high gold prices, seasonal factors have buoyed a quarter-on-quarter resurgence in gold jewelry demand within the Chinese market from July to September, the World Gold Council ...
At a Neolithic site in northern China, archaeologists have unearthed a large jade dragon inside a 5,000-year-old tomb. The dragon was one of more than 100 artifacts that have been discovered in ...
A trove of more than 100 Stone Age jade artifacts discovered by archaeologists in inner Mongolia may reveal evidence of long-distance trade between two ancient Chinese civilizations. Three 5,000 ...
Escape from the British Museum tells the story of a jade teapot becoming human and wishing to return to China. A short video series is racking up views in China, amplifying calls for the British ...
The Chinese paddlefish belongs to an ancient lineage of paddlefish that has been around for at least 100 million years. But in early 2020, a study concluded that the species has recently gone ...
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