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  • The Surprising History of Sapphires & Rubies in Chinese Jewelry: More Than Just Jadeite

    The Surprising History of Sapphires & Rubies in Chinese Jewelry: More Than Just Jadeite

    Most Chinese diasporas and non-Chinese would immediately think of jadeite/feicui, the luscious green stone as Chinese Jade and they would not associate gemstones of the west with traditional Chinese jewellery. The fun fact is that Western gemstones have a far longer history in Chinese jewellery than jadeite feicui, and the Chinese concept of Yu (or…

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  • Dragons are the UFOs of China

    Dragons are the UFOs of China

    For most of us, we grew up thinking that dragons are just mythological creatures. But for a significant group of people, particularly in the northeastern region of China, they believed in its existence. In fact, they claimed to have seen it in person. There was even an image in the newspaper in 1944 of its…

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  • Chinese/Lunar New Year are both wrong, now what?

    Chinese/Lunar New Year are both wrong, now what?

    It’s that time of the year again, when nationalists all around the world start debating if it should be Chinese New Year or Lunar New Year, completely ignoring the fact that both terms are equally problematic. Let’s just admit that we’ll never have a settlement on this but just for the fun of it, I…

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