Qi Nahang from Hotan, Xinjiang can be considered as a veteran in the Hotan jade business in Suzhou. She said that 2006 was the turning point for the price of Hotan jade, when it quadrupled overnight. In 1987, when she first started her Hotan jade business in Suzhou, hers was the only one in the market. "Back then, it was 150 yuan per kilogram, and there was no grading. It's unimaginable now."
In Room 206, No. 24 Zhuhuayuan, 58-year-old Uighur mother Qi Nahang was tidying up her precious stones, wiping this one and touching that one, as if she were taking care of her own children. Her room is a world of jade, with tables, drawers, and coffee tables all filled with various kinds of jade. "They are all Hotan jade."