China boy accidentally breaks US$280,000 gold crown on display; owner will not pursue damages

An influencer in China has said online that a golden phoenix crown her artist husband made her as a wedding gift was damaged by a child and her mother while taking a photograph at an exhibition. The influencer, Zhang Kaiyi, who has 13.6 million followers on social media, said on December 13, 2023, that the 2kg crown was badly damaged at an event in Beijing. In surveillance footage posted by Zhang, a mother tries to take photographs of the crown with her phone as her son, who looks primary...