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China’s furniture exporters face tough times amid global financial crisis

Roger — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 05:04:50 +0000

China furniture export woes (if video does not load click here for original video from Reuters) China’s furniture exporters face tough times amid global financial crisis is a post from: The ACF China Co - Millstone Trading

China’s furniture exporters face tough times amid global financial crisis is a post from: The ACF China Co - Millstone Trading

New Furniture Law Blog Introduced

Roger — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 11:39:04 +0000

Interesting new Furniture Law Blog from Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, discussing patents and intellectual property law in the furniture industry. Still in its early phases and a bit drab at the moment – though it looks promising. But both furniture, and Intellectual property are rarely mentioned without including China, so these [...]

New Furniture Law Blog Introduced is a post from: The ACF China Co - Millstone Trading

Import Genius allows you track your competitors via their shipment records

Roger — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 12:42:13 +0000

Here is an interesting online startup which could be potentially useful in the trade wars and seems to be gaining some buzz. It’s an online service called ImportGenius (http://www.importgenius.com) which basically places US customs shipment records such as Bill of Ladings online into an indexed and searchable database which according to their website could be [...]

Import Genius allows you track your competitors via their shipment records is a post from: The ACF China Co - Millstone Trading

A video visit to toxic Linfen, China: The most polluted city on earth

Roger — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:07:44 +0000

Initially, had no idea who these VBS guys are, but I came across their site doing a search on North Korea (I know, I know but it looks like an interesting place to visit). Along the way, I noticed their documentary series on LinFen in Shanxi province, which is supposedly one of the most polluted [...]

A video visit to toxic Linfen, China: The most polluted city on earth is a post from: The ACF China Co - Millstone Trading

Its all bad news in China – until the turtle bites your privates.

Roger — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 19:49:26 +0000

Oh the woes seem to never end! It seems that there is nothing positive in the media recently for China, the US and the furniture industry overall. In the US, the 2008 outlook for the US economy is predicted to be far below stellar, due to the ever weakening US dollar and the [...]

Its all bad news in China – until the turtle bites your privates. is a post from: The ACF China Co - Millstone Trading

Brits Get Rich In China! A humorous look at business in China.

Roger — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 17:33:47 +0000

“Hilarious. Absolutely Brilliant. And a dead-on accurate depiction of what REALLY occurs in China.” As China develops (well, some parts of China anyways) and Starbucks Coffee keeps putting up more coffee shops (Did you know there are already 55 in Beijing alone?), its easy to forget what really lays just beneath the surface. For all the [...]

Brits Get Rich In China! A humorous look at business in China. is a post from: The ACF China Co - Millstone Trading

Beijing Traffic Lesson: Left Turn

Roger — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 17:19:02 +0000

If you are an ACF China customer then you most likely have been to China at least once, and if you have been to China at least once, then at least once you have been stuck in Beijing’s infamous traffic. Now, this post has absolutely NOTHING to do with Chinese Antiques & Ethinic furnishings. BUT [...]

Beijing Traffic Lesson: Left Turn is a post from: The ACF China Co - Millstone Trading

this season, give the gift of mao

Roger — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 13:59:13 +0000

When taking customers on buying trips through the weekend market we always see “Mao Memorabilia” (Chairman Mao Tse Tung) and I always think, “someone must be buying this stuff, its just not OUR customers.” Well, from this blog posting apparently there IS a market for it…. And a pretty clever way of marketing it [...]

this season, give the gift of mao is a post from: The ACF China Co - Millstone Trading

Silk Market Recommended Words

Roger — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 06:29:53 +0000

I found this on the “Louis Hutong“ blog and while this is not exactly relevant to Chinese antiques, it is for anyone who visits the silkmarket during their trips here. Surely they will appreciate this classic posting: “Recommended Words Anyone who has gone to the Silk Market can tell you that all the workers are trained to [...]

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Weekend shopping at the PanJiaYuan antique market in Beijing

Roger — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 12:44:22 +0000

If you have never been to the Panjiayuan weekend market, you are really missing out. Genuine antiques? Not really (Well maybe one or two) But cool stuff? Definately! It you are a wholesaler or professional in the industry, you know this is a horrible place to do business. On the spot cash payments and [...]

Weekend shopping at the PanJiaYuan antique market in Beijing is a post from: The ACF China Co - Millstone Trading