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style=\"pointer-events:initial;width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;z-index:0;border-radius:0.6430868167202572% 0.6430868167202572% 0.6430868167202572% 0.6430868167202572% \/ 1.8181818181818181% 1.8181818181818181% 1.8181818181818181% 1.8181818181818181%\" id=\"el-5cd12bf4-3631-4575-9772-7f988178913e\">\n<p class=\"fill text-wrapper\" style=\"white-space:pre-line;overflow-wrap:break-word;word-break:break-word;margin:0.49485530546623846% 0;font-family:&quot;Alegreya&quot;,serif;font-size:0.291262em;line-height:1.19;text-align:center;padding:0;color:#000000\"><span><span style=\"font-weight: 700\">By the 7th century CE, India\u2019s sugar-making knowledge had spread to China.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 700\">The Chinese adopted the techniques and refined sugar further into white crystal form.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/amp-story-grid-layer><\/amp-story-page><amp-story-page 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style=\"pointer-events:initial;width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;z-index:0;border-radius:0.6430868167202572% 0.6430868167202572% 0.6430868167202572% 0.6430868167202572% \/ 1.8181818181818181% 1.8181818181818181% 1.8181818181818181% 1.8181818181818181%\" id=\"el-a42d85e6-945b-4724-bf54-239977e05896\">\n<p class=\"fill text-wrapper\" style=\"white-space:pre-line;overflow-wrap:break-word;word-break:break-word;margin:0.49485530546623846% 0;font-family:&quot;Alegreya&quot;,serif;font-size:0.291262em;line-height:1.19;text-align:center;padding:0;color:#000000\"><span><span style=\"font-weight: 700\">As Chinese sugar made its way back to India via traders, it was often called \u201cCheeni\u201d, derived from \u201cCheen\u201d (China).<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 700\">Over time, \u201ccheeni\u201d became synonymous with refined 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