For its 40th anniversary, the Europalia festival - one of the major cultural events in Europe - focuses on a very special country, i.e. China.
Tag: China
Tea: not only a drink, but also a means of payment
Nowadays, commercial transactions are standardized. We pay for goods and services either with coins, notes, electronic or bank money. Nevertheless this has not always been the case.
Paper money, a Chinese invention?
First paper, then paper money. This is pure logic. It is hardly surprising that the first notes or better, the first paper money, appeared in China. With the invention of paper and printing on its account, this country was almost destined to produce the first paper money.
