The history of pawnbroking began in the earliest ages of the world. Lending money on portable security is one of the oldest professions.
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“If you look at the 150 years of modern China’s history since the Opium Wars, then you can’t avoid the conclusion that the last 15 years are the best 15 years in China’s modern history.”
—J. Stapleton Roy (b. 1935)