A: The above note arrived with four images - and no additional info. Thankfully, one image showed a vase bottom, and the green mark told us a lot. A laurel wreath with an M in the center encircled by ...

2024 may have been designated as the most recent Chinese “Year of the Dragon,” but the tenor and tone of international events thus far in 2025 suggest otherwise. In response to President Trump’s April ...

BEIJING, July 23 (Reuters) - China's largest listed steelmaker Baoshan Iron and Steel Co (600019.SS), opens new tab (Baosteel) will acquire the 50% share held by Japan's Nippon Steel (5401.T), opens ...

Porcelain marks, written in alphabets other than the modern alphabet familiar to Americans, are always difficult to decipher. The marks on Asian, Russian and other porcelains were so confusing that ...