Jade is highly prized in Chinese culture and jade carvings have been made in China since ancient times, with Neolithic jades dating to about 4000-2000 BC. The jade used to make Chinese carvings is ...

OVER 100 jade carvings are on display at the National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, in an exhibition held in conjunction with the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Malaysia and China.

But one item stood out: a large jade dragon. The 5,000-year-old carving was the “largest jade dragon ever discovered from the Hongshan culture,” the State Council of the People’s Republic of ...