Only available from Myanmar and traditionally cherished in imperial China, where quality green gemstones were believed to be a symbol of purity, jadeite has been less well known elsewhere – until now ...

On Shanghai's Xizang Road North, crowds gather in shops to watch a form of gambling that dates from the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). A gambler buys a piece of ordinary-looking rock or stone, paying ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Jade has been treasured in China for millennia, both as a rare gem considered more precious than gold or ...

On April 23, a Chinese court finished hearing arguments on a curious legal suit. In 2019, a businessman from the southwestern Yunnan province identified in media reports by his surname, Zhang, sold an ...

Recently acquired by the Mayfair-based luxury house, this “rough” (common parlance in precious-stone circles) piece of jadeite features many of the hues with which this silicate mineral can be blessed ...

Over the past 10 years, the value of a gold ounce has skyrocketed from $1,050 in 2015 to over $3,600 in September 2025. Although this certainty makes gold owners happy, it doesn't mean that gold is ...

KUNMING: Long Jiheng, a 41-year-old jewelry billionaire, will never forget his bittersweet experience of gambling on stones in 1997. "Thanks to my luck, I became a 28-year-old young millionaire ...

The Louvre’s “Mona Lisa,” the British Museum’s Rosetta Stone, MoMA’s “Starry Night” — major museums often have one must-see item that singlehandedly draws visitors from around the world. For the ...