TO the Chinese it represents beauty, nobility, perfection, power and immortality, and every medallist in the Beijing Games will get some – jade.
For the first time in Olympic history the gold, silver and bronze medals will include material besides metal, an inlaid disc of the stone known in China for 5,000 years as the “imperial gem”.
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