Pearl + Flax

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(1) Keith Bradsher, Pearls, Finer but Still Cheap, Flow From China. New York Times, Aug 2, 2011.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/02/business/global/chinas-high-quality-pearls-enter-the-mass-market.html?scp=1&sq=pearl%20zhuji&st=cse

Note:
(a) Zhuji  (浙江省绍兴市) 诸暨市
(b) ZHAN Weijian 詹伟建 (born in 1972)

Grace Pearl  佳丽集团
http://www.gracepearl.com/

(c) The Man, the Expert. Robert Wan Tahiti, undated.
http://www.robertwan.com/eng/uni-1.htm

Robert WAN 温 惠仁 fled China at 19.

(2) Christina Passariello, The Muddy Roots of Fine Linen; From Farm to Fashion, the Creation of a Fabric Fit for a $6,000 Dress. Wall Street Journal, Aug 3, 2011.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904800304576474334166079572.html

Quote:

"The maturing of harvested flax is what makes the process so specific to northern France, Belgium and the Netherlands. Farmers let the rows of plucked flax lie in the sun and rain for several weeks. The alternation of sun and rain in this European coastal climate propagates a fungus that grows on the flax stems, rotting them to help separate the linen fibers from their husk. In warmer countries such as Egypt, this step—called retting—can be done in water, but it results in polluted water.

"Since China began building linen-weaving companies 20 years ago, the bulk of linen fibers have headed east to be turned into various textiles.

Note: flax  亚麻
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flax
(native to the region extending from the eastern Mediterranean to India and was probably first domesticated in the Fertile Crescent; annual; grown both for its seeds and for its fibers; section 3 Cultivation)

Quote: "Flax fibers are amongst the oldest fiber crops in the world. The use of flax for the production of linen goes back at least to ancient Egyptian times.


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