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	<title>The ACF China Co - Millstone Trading &#187; Furniture</title>
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		<title>Researching Contemporary Danish FurnitureDesigns? Then check this out!</title>
		<link>http://www.acf-china.com/blog/2009/02/02/researching-contemporary-danish-furnituredesigns-then-check-this-out/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2009 17:31:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[modern danish furniture]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Furnitureindex.dk is a record of Danish furniture from the 20th and 21st centuries, containing searchable information about and images of more than 10,000 pieces of furniture. The record is updated and developed on an ongoing basis<p><a href="http://www.acf-china.com/blog/2009/02/02/researching-contemporary-danish-furnituredesigns-then-check-this-out/">Researching Contemporary Danish FurnitureDesigns? Then check this out!</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.acf-china.com/blog">The ACF China Co - Millstone Trading</a></p>
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		<title>Fall schedule for furniture and decor trade shows, expos and other happening in China</title>
		<link>http://www.acf-china.com/blog/2008/09/01/fall-schedule-for-furniture-and-decor-trade-shows-expos-and-other-happening-in-china/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 10:41:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Furniture]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[canton fair]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China International Furniture Fair]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are a quite few different home decor, accessories and furniture / furniture manufacturing trade shows coming up just around the corner.  Rather then searching out which ones are occurring, where and when, I thought I would make it easier and list them out for you. With the shanghai show and others looming around [...]<p><a href="http://www.acf-china.com/blog/2008/09/01/fall-schedule-for-furniture-and-decor-trade-shows-expos-and-other-happening-in-china/">Fall schedule for furniture and decor trade shows, expos and other happening in China</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.acf-china.com/blog">The ACF China Co - Millstone Trading</a></p>
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		<title>More gloomy news for the furniture industry in China</title>
		<link>http://www.acf-china.com/blog/2008/05/16/more-gloomy-news-for-the-furniture-industry-in-china/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 19:51:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Furniture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Industry News & Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Industry Trends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China furniture industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[compete]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[factory closings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inflation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[price increase]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[struggle]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[China&#8217;s Factory Blues
http://www.spiegel.de/international/business/0,1518,543929,00.html



Hsu&#8217;s new factory, it turns out, is running at just 60 percent of capacity, and he predicts that half of China&#8217;s lighting factories &#8212; almost all based in Guangdong &#8212; will have to close their doors this year.


When more than a hundred South Korean-owned factories closed over the Chinese New Year in the [...]<p><a href="http://www.acf-china.com/blog/2008/05/16/more-gloomy-news-for-the-furniture-industry-in-china/">More gloomy news for the furniture industry in China</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.acf-china.com/blog">The ACF China Co - Millstone Trading</a></p>
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		<title>Furniture company &#8211; or hedge fund?</title>
		<link>http://www.acf-china.com/blog/2008/04/02/furniture-company-or-hedge-fund/</link>
		<comments>http://www.acf-china.com/blog/2008/04/02/furniture-company-or-hedge-fund/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 18:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Furniture]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Furniture company &#8211; or hedge fund?
If you lose money selling couches and chairs, how can you pay your investors a hefty dividend? You play the markets.
By Roddy Boyd, writer
http://money.cnn.com/2008/02/27/news/companies/boyd_bassett.fortune/index.htm





Bassett makes nice furniture &#8211; and even nicer investments.






Bassett Furniture Industries (BSET), a 106-year-old furniture company founded by a traveling lumber salesman, has seen better days in [...]<p><a href="http://www.acf-china.com/blog/2008/04/02/furniture-company-or-hedge-fund/">Furniture company &#8211; or hedge fund?</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.acf-china.com/blog">The ACF China Co - Millstone Trading</a></p>
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		<title>Ningbo/Shanghai Factories</title>
		<link>http://www.acf-china.com/blog/2005/09/17/ningboshanghai-factories/</link>
		<comments>http://www.acf-china.com/blog/2005/09/17/ningboshanghai-factories/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Sep 2005 12:01:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frederic</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chinese Suppliers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Furniture]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Manufacturing & Production]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quality Control (QC)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sourcing products]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trade shows, expo and trade fairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[expo]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ningbo factory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shanghai furniture show]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shanghai Show]]></category>
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Having just returned from the Shanghai furniture show, hereÂ are my impressions of the Ningbo/Shanghai reproduction style furniture factories: 
Woods &#8211; (minus) 
The southern woods are definitely a poor substitute for the better ones from the North. One easy way to clearly feel the difference is to pick up one of those tall swoop-topped wooden stools [...]<p><a href="http://www.acf-china.com/blog/2005/09/17/ningboshanghai-factories/">Ningbo/Shanghai Factories</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.acf-china.com/blog">The ACF China Co - Millstone Trading</a></p>
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		<title>Another Chabuduo example</title>
		<link>http://www.acf-china.com/blog/2005/07/22/another-chabuduo-example/</link>
		<comments>http://www.acf-china.com/blog/2005/07/22/another-chabuduo-example/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2005 18:30:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Furniture]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Suppliers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[china supplier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poor quality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wrong specifications]]></category>

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Here is another great example of &#8220;chabuduo.&#8221; Apparently the worker who put in the shelf though that chaobuduo really wouldn&#8217;t that big of a deal&#8230;
Another Chabuduo example is a post from: The ACF China Co - Millstone Trading
<p><a href="http://www.acf-china.com/blog/2005/07/22/another-chabuduo-example/">Another Chabuduo example</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.acf-china.com/blog">The ACF China Co - Millstone Trading</a></p>
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