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"This is a little strange, I am sure," began the letter Jessi Zahm, of Newberg, Oregon, found on her doorstep this September, "but we live up the street from you and we drive by your house daily."

Zahm had a secret admirer — or rather, one of her Halloween decorations did.

Nowadays, LIULI Gong Fang is a household name in China. Their brilliantly colored crystal pieces, which range from elaborately detailed dragon sculptures, to simple jewelry boxes, can be seen in LIULI’s 41 galleries and in more than 35 museums around the world. The name LIULI (which means “cr