Jade from Burma’s rapacious mines was long banned by Washington. Until now.

In the months leading up to last year’s historic election in Burma, jade mining companies in the country’s remote north worked round the clock, furiously trying to bring in as much of the gem as possible before a new, democratically elected government took over from the military led-regime. The secretive mining companies — led by […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/09/15/jade-from-burmas-rapacious-mines-was-long-banned-by-washington-until-now/