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Jun 9 4 tweets 2 min read
Think I’ve mentioned that Lankan Moor Jonahar set up the Madagascar Sapphire market & still control 70%. The other 30% is controlled by the Toechew Chinese.

It is forgotten now but the rivalry between the Southern Min ethnicities & the Southern Jonakars is a generational one. China is interesting because both the Maritime & Terrestrial Silk Roads intersect there. The Han have about 12 prominent commercial sub-ethnicities:

The Minnanyu maritime cluster is the closest to Jonakar as their enterprise mix was jewelry, rice exports, salt, & shipbuilding. Image