Even as we feared there could be a war, we were taken to a silk thread factory where 2, 000 women work diligently.

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Later he opened the Royal Silk Store, a 2, 000-square-foot outlet on Orchard Road.

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Up close, it turned out to be a silk embroidery--containing, Jiang said, 2.5 million stitches.

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Dating back almost 2, 000 years, the city itself served as a trading post junction for the spice and silk routes throughout the Middle and Far East.

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