Watch: Woman faints after dropping and breaking $30,000 jade bracelet

Onlookers try to help a woman when she faints after breaking a $30,000 jade bracelet (YouTube)
Updated 05 July 2017
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Watch: Woman faints after dropping and breaking $30,000 jade bracelet

Every woman who has been to a jewelry shop will have tried on at least some of the items on sale. But for one Chinese woman this temptation might have landed her in series debt.

As she tried on a jade bracelet, she was told it cost nearly $30,000. Shocked by the price, she tried in haste to remove it from her wrist, but it fell and snapped in two.

Staff tried to calm her down as she began to panic, but she started sweating and fainted, local press reported.

The incident happened in the southern city of Ruili in Yunnan province near the border with Burma.

When she came round, the shop staff offered the woman a reduced price of $25,000 to settle the bill, but she explained she could only afford $1,500.

The police were unable to get the two parties to agree on a price, so the matter is to be settled in court, the BBC has reported.


Harry Styles announces 2026 global tour: See the dates

Updated 23 January 2026
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Harry Styles announces 2026 global tour: See the dates

  • e news arrives a week after Styles revealed his fourth studio album will arrive March 6. Titled “Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally”

NEW YORK: Harry Styles is getting back out on the road. The English musician announced his “Together, Together” tour on Thursday. It’s a 50-date run made up of residencies in Europe, the UK, Brazil, Mexico, the US and Australia.
Styles’ tour launches May 16 with six nights in Amsterdam, followed by six nights in London, two in São Paulo, two in Mexico City, 30 at New York City’s Madison Square Garden, two in Melbourne and two in Sydney, where it will conclude in December.
Openers include Robyn, Shania Twain, Jorja Smith, Jamie xx, Fousheé, and more.
There are a few pre-sale opportunities. The general sale for São Paulo begins Wednesday and the Mexico City sale begins Jan. 29.
The general sale for Amsterdam, London, Melbourne, Sydney, and many New York dates begins Jan. 30. The last New York dates, Oct. 10 to 31, will go on sale Feb. 4.
Styles is no stranger to residencies. During his “Love on Tour” in 2022, he did a 15-night stint at Madison Square Garden, which Ticketmaster labeled “the highest-grossing single engagement in the venue’s history.”
The “Together, Together” tour news arrives a week after Styles revealed his long-awaited, fourth studio album will arrive March 6.
Titled “Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally,” the album is Styles’ first full-length project in four years. It follows the 2022, critically acclaimed synth pop record “Harry’s House,” which earned the former One Direction star the top prize of album of the year at the 2023 Grammy Awards.
The cover for “Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally” features the 31-year-old artist in a T-shirt and jeans at night, standing underneath a shimmering disco ball hung outside.