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A while back I know the SIMS game was amazingly popular. This is the game where you control the lives of virtual characters from making conversation to making love. People take virtual vacations, get married - you name it! Heard it was extraordinarily addictive, so I skipped over it (Actually was already addicted […]

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Recently we have installed a live-chat function, and we start to meet a lot of interesting people through that.
There was this man who possesses an antique bench from China, a masterpiece. He would like to know the value of it. Sounds like : “the antiques road show” on BBC television! (where people bring their ‘treasures’ […]

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There are some good youtube posting on porcelain and ceramics, starting out with this interesting eight minute long academic video overview of the history of Asian ceramics put out by the “Minneapolis Institute of Arts.“
“Ceramic production in Asia dates back many thousands of years. The Chinese have always been regarded as the undisputed masters of […]

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Found some more relevant videos on YouTube about learning Mandarin Chinese speaking and writing.
Learn Chinese Symbols for Furniture : Introduction to Chinese Symbols for Furniture
[http://youtube.com/watch?v=tZY5kKUUqbA]

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There is a great show on on BTV (Beijing TV) called “Collection” which I happened to stumble upon late one evening while flipping though the Chinese channels. Normally I avoid the Chinese channels like the plague since about 90% of the time they are eiter a) boring b) lame c) boring and d) lame and […]

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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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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 […]

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This is yet another interesting youtube find, and this particular one deals with the making of Tang dynasty style tri-colored glazed pottery figurines. Its actually quite good - showing you the entire process from rolling out the initial clay to the sculpting of the figurine.

Here is a snippet from their youtube posting:
Tang Tri-color ware was […]

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Another great youtube find… This one shows a vendor that clearly specializes in screens & panels . Not sure if this was shot during a buying trip or if the person was simply on holiday. Its still quite interesting though…  Based on the surroundings, it looks like it was shot a few years ago as […]

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We don’t normally deal in extremely high-end pieces but nevertheless this video I stumpled upon on youtube is quite interesting if you want to see real Chinese porcelains. It seems this was taken at Southerbys

If the embedded version does not work, then try this direct link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0hK34uG_yA

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