Pakistan, Nov. 5 -- Handmade rosewood, brass and stone crafts from Pakistan are on display at a cultural expo in Dunhuang, northwest China. Two Pakistani exhibitors are showing handicrafts. One of the firms, Khan Traders, run by a pair of brothers, carries about 100 products in its booth. "Totally handmade, no machine," said Naeem Mirza, the younger brother.

Mirza's rosewood range runs from candy jars and tea tables to tissue boxes, jewellery boxes and dried-fruit trays. Asked whether one glossy jar was plastic, he was quick to say it was Pakistani rosewood, likening the timber to huali, a rosewood used in Chinese classical furniture. Mirza said he had brought brass horses for the Chinese Year of the Horse because "people like this anima...