Well it's strange that the obvious thing to do if you bought it in China would be to ask your Chinese friends (since you were a student) instead of asking this question at an English language sword forum as if being totally clueless of its origin?  And having been a student in China, you should be able to recognize if its Chinese characters or not.  Something is not right.
		 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
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