Whoa....hold on a sec there....I'm absolutely certain that there was NO intent to offend anyone with the post of the beautiful fan. I'm sure that this just hit you the wrong way at the wrong time..
Now that you have cleared up the fact that the fan actually has Japanese motifs on it vs. Chinese, maybe you could educate us on another thread about more of the differences in the cultures that you alluded to at the end of your post.
Elle...ALL the work is beautiful, thank you soooo much for sharing it and I'm really looking forward to seeing more of it!!