UAE's national museum highlights Sino-Arab links, cultural exchanges

Also on display is a blue-and-white porcelain dish and matching fragments from Ras Al Khaimah. The museum said the floral motifs are typical of the Xuande period — the peak of Chinese porcelain production during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644).

"The UAE deeply values China's global historical significance," Mubarak said. "We cannot tell the story of world history without integrating China's narrative."