"Chinese people have always loved rosewood furniture, but its appeal has been spreading fast, to Southeast Asia, especially, but also to some European countries." Although exports still account ...

Chinese rosewood furniture has been meticulously carved by craftsmen since at least the 10th century, but the wood came into its own during the Ming dynasty, when a unique joinery technique was ...

For the contemporary Chinese consumer, rosewood furniture in the classical style signifies the cultural sophistication of a nation yet to be appropriately accepted by the global community – a ...

No one paid much attention to the gnarled, yellow-blossomed rosewood trees dotted around farmsteads in northern Ivory Coast until Chinese-backed buyers started offering money for the timber.

A cursory Google search for "rosewood furniture China" brings up plenty ... "Rosewood is a species traditionally and culturally valued by the Chinese, so there's almost like an insatiable demand ...

Myanmar, one of the most important biodiversity hotspots in Asia, has also several species of rosewood highly prized by the Chinese furniture trade. Even though Myanmar’s forest and hardwood ...

Ms. Ma Jiaojiao, a Chinese wooden furniture expert and General Manager of Dongyang Yuqiantang Palace Rosewood Furniture Co., Ltd. ("Yuqiantang"), was invited as a special guest to discuss the ...

Chinese demand for rosewood—trafficked more than ivory, rhino horn, and pangolin scales—is fueling a crisis in Guatemala's forests. Durable, fragrant rosewood, used to make furniture and music ...

China’s rosewood furniture market was worth at least 100 billion renminbi ($15 billion) in 2012. Local authorities are making some efforts to curb the trade. The DRC arrested 14 Chinese nationals in ...