The price-value anomaly is obvious to consumers as they hasten to buy Chinese freshwater bargains. Indeed, pearls from freshwater mussels lie at the center of the liveliest activity in pearling today.

Demand for Tahitian pearls, in general, has risen markedly in recent years, appearing to peak in the second half of 2023 ...

but only recently attracted public attention in China when a video of a local farmer showing off a fistful of pearls went viral on social media, state news agency Xinhua reported. Chinese ...