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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

China’s appetite for jade has grown as the country has become wealthier. But while the top end seems glamorous, there’s a dirty underbelly to the industry. During the Han dynasty, the wealthiest ...

The discovery of a 3,300-year-old tool has led researchers to the rediscovery of a "lost" 20th-century manuscript and a "geochemically extraordinary" bit of earth. Discovered on Emirau Island in the ...

Simply sign up to the Chinese economy myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Sell-offs in Chinese equities and bonds and widespread defaults in the country’s property market are driving ...