(Agence France-Presse) One small check to a businessman, one giant leap for a meteorite: After journeys of millions of kilometers, rocks formed from the primordial soup of the solar system have landed on the walls of a Chinese showroom.
For some of China's wealthy, the terrestrial trappings of fast cars, designer bags and deluxe apartments are worthless compared with bounty from outer space.
Tong Xianping is among the Chinese entrepreneurs paying astronomical prices and making an impact in one of the world's more arcane markets.
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