One of the world's finest collections of Chinese jade is tipped to sell for for £3.1million. The 15 pieces were acquired by the former Conservative MP Somerset de Chair who left them to his widow ...

The rising price of jade -- especially over the past year or so -- might be merely an interesting curiosity, except that it fits with several of more important trends shaping the Chinese economy ...

Jade has brought prosperity to Khotan, a city whose previous bout of affluence occurred a few thousand years ago, at the height of the Silk Road.

High prices of rare white jade are creating a new gold rush on China's far western border, writes David Eimer.