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Comment on Furniture Today - China faces labor shortage, rising wages by ASIAMAH DICKSON

ASIAMAH DICKSON — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 11:48:17 +0000

Dear sir / madam , i have certificates in intermediate, advanced and H.N.D. All in furniture desing and production , selection of timber, tools and processes, machine operating, and i have tought as a technical teacher in a school for many years .

i have traveled to china and i want a job .

could you help me to get one

a shall be hapy to be employed in china .

i hope to hear from you soon.

dickson asiamah

Comment on China’s Most Wanted Counterfeiter by Oriental furniture

Oriental furniture — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 08:21:41 +0000

It,s so beautiful!
Oriental furniture art occupy an important status in the world furniture history, it has the essence of the Asian furniture art. The artistic element of Asian antique furniture has the characters as following:

Chinese elements in oriental furniture: Luo Tian mosaics, carved furniture
The development of Chinese furniture reached its clamix of Chinese art in Ming Dynasty , traditional Chinese furniture has been displayed with aesthetic feeling dramatically. China influenced Aisan culture deeply since long time ago, and its Chinese furniture has been the mainstream in Aisan antique furniture.

Comment on Import Nightmares - Readers share their experiences when things go wrong by warren

warren — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 12:30:05 +0000

I am still dealing with a couple of suppliers directly from Ningbo but
I am having a major problem with one.
I’m not sure if you know of them… Ningbo Art International Furniture
Trading Co. Ltd.

I sent them a deposit of $4000 USD months ago and they still do not
have any goods ready to leave. The General manager had promised to
send me back my deposit a month ago.

After many emails and countless ignored phone calls I am not sure
how to proceed. Any ideas?? Any information would be greatly
appreciated.

Comment on Import Nightmares - Readers share their experiences when things go wrong by Susan

Susan — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 12:28:37 +0000

We just had a bad experience with a 20′ container from China as things were not packaged well
and there was a lot of damage. The container arrived and most of the items inside could be considered firewood.

Comment on Rising nationalism - Will it effect the business climate in China? by some guy

some guy — Tue, 27 May 2008 05:37:48 +0000

You’ve hit the nail on the head with this article.

I’ve lived in a “second-tier” city in China for over three years now and the attitudes toward foreigners has generally become more and more hostile. I can speak Chinese and used to enjoy overhearing the somewhat naive and curious comments of the Chinese pertaining to my “foreigness” when among them in public spaces where they assumed I couldn’t understand them to overhear. Now, the majority of comments are overtly racist and denigrating.

Also, the night-time environment is downright dangerous as drunken Chinese who used to greet foreigners with jovial and curious remarks are spouting the newest “injustice” served upon China by foreigners. Minor disagreements or cultural faux-pas that would have been used in the past to light-heartedly educate the blundering foreigner now easily escalate to violence. Many foreigners have been physically assaulted or injured in this year than the two years prior.

After successfully doing business here for some time, I am seriously considering relocation.

Comment on Beijing 2008 Olympics effects exports & factory output in China. by Roger

Roger — Thu, 15 May 2008 14:35:52 +0000

May 15th update

Some interesting side effects as a result of the Olympics are starting to show up…

* Foreigners not Welcome: http://silkroadintl.net/blog/2008/05/10/foreigners-not-welcome/
* Foreigners feel the heat as China counts down to Games glory: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23672845-30538,00.html

Comment on Import Nightmares - Readers share their experiences when things go wrong by Michelle

Michelle — Thu, 15 May 2008 13:42:00 +0000

Horror stories? Everyone has had at least a few. I once got in an entire container of moldy furniture from Indonesia. Just a few months ago I got in a container that was confiscated by the office of cultural relics before it left china. When they finally got it released they neglected to wrap the pieces properly, every third piece was damaged. Such a pity because the antiques were gorgeous.

Comment on Looking for legal council in China re: manufacturing dispute? Good luck! by Roger

Roger — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 15:52:31 +0000

Hi Neil!

Thanks for your comment. I promise to rely in detail to your comment (its 12 AM here) tomorrow when I get a free moment. In the meantime, do me a favor and check out the “Brits get rich videos” here: http://www.acf-china.com/blog/2007/11/26/brits-get-rich-in-china/

I think it will probably give you a better viewpoint of just what we are all up against when dealing with Chinese manufacturers…

By the way, I agree with you - it is appalling the way business works here. I don’t condone it, I just have giving up fighting on some things which seem to be of no use/no effect.

Comment on Looking for legal council in China re: manufacturing dispute? Good luck! by Neil

Neil — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 20:27:41 +0000

Roger, during my scanning the Internet today I came across this blog.

I am the Neil that posted the suggestion that the young lady contact the PRC Commercial Office.

And, I am a little disturbed by the anwers that you and the other gentlemen give in this matter.

Effectively, rather than address the situation, each of you “plug” for business.

I and others in the global business community do not accept this type of business environment. It is simply wrong for anyone to effectively say “Well, that’s the way business is done in the PRC”.

If the PRC Commercial office did not respond to Michelle, it’s a bad reflection on the PRC Government, isn’t it?

If anything, you and the others should look to improve the situation - not support it and try to profit from it. That makes you and the others part of the problem, and it is a disservice to the integrity of the PRC itself.

Comment on Looking for legal council in China re: manufacturing dispute? Good luck! by Mylan

Mylan — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 13:08:42 +0000

Zhanjin Furniture Co., Ltd. is scam/fraud business
I paid $1,094 US$ for supposedly a real marble dining table from Zhanjin Furniture Co., Ltd back in 9/2007 and they shipped the table to me using DHL carrier but table arrived broken pieces in the box which wasn’t wrapped very good at all consider is a marble table. I find out the table wasn’t made of real marble but made out of a compressed white crystal rocks. I sent numerous emails to my contact person, Josh Liang who worked for Zhanjin Furniture Co., Ltd and requested for my refund for the past three months and he avoided my emails. I have a strong feelings that the company took took my money and the reimbursement they got from their claim with DHL carrier. Alibaba rep informed that they have terminated their relationship with Zhanjin Furniture Co., Ltd. and the company is no longer posting their web site on Alibaba but I just find out that Zhanjin Furniture Co have their products on another web site:
http://zfcl01.en.china.cn/op/CorpContact/index.htm

I have already filed the complaint with International Better Business Bureau
and the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3). I’m hoping this will stop them from doing anymore exporting business on line with US and international consumers.[em6]