The world’s first newspaper made of gold has been published in south China, selling for 69 000 yuan (about R51 000) a copy, state media reported on Thursday.
The one-off publishing event was launched by the China Economic Daily in the boom city of Shenzhen, the Xinhua news agency said.
The paper, called China’s Flourishing Period, was issued to commemorate the “achievements of the past 10 sessions of China’s top legislative body”, the National People’s Congress, Xinhua said.
The golden newspaper has two editions, the one priced at R51 000 dollars using 500g of gold, while another edition using just 200g can be had at a more affordable 29 000 yuan (R21 000), Xinhua said.
It did not say how many pages the newspaper has. — AFP