Carving out a new name for Chinese furniture

Handcrafted works combine traditional features from home and abroad, Wang Hui reports.

Furniture talks. For Yu Heqin, general manager of Beijing Heyixing Classical Furniture Co Ltd, the new products his company makes tell a long story of a "marriage" between East and West.

"In my newly made furniture pieces, Chinese customers can easily sense the increasing Western touch while Western consumers can recognize the Chinese elements at first sight," Yu said.