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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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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