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The global competitiveness of the Chinese wooden furniture industry Xiao Hana, 1, , Yali Wena and Shashi Kantb, , aSchool of Economics and Management, Beijing Forestry University, P.O. Box?425, Beijing, 100083, Peoples Republic of China bFaculty of Forestry, University of Toronto, 33 Willcocks Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 3B3 Received 31 December 2008;? revised 13 April 2009;? accepted 27 July 2009.? Available online 5 September 2009. Abstract During the past two decades, the Chinese wooden furniture industry has witnessed high-speed growth, making China a leading furniture expor