A book fair, featuring old books related to Beijing s Central Axis, was held in the Chinese capital recently, gathering tens of thousands of old books and a wide array of cultural products and drawing book enthusiasts to explore and make purchases.
The Lunar New Year began last week as it always does, with a new moon. The empty sky seemed to empty Beijing of up to half its residents authorities estimate that an incredible nine million people left the city, which usually has a population of eighteen to twenty million.
Bookstores seek to write better plot By Wang Ru | China Daily | Updated: 2021-04-15 08:13 Share CLOSE Crystal Palace Arts Bookstore (above) in Shanghai is a bookstore awarded for its outstanding achievement in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 at the recent China Bookstore Conference.[Photo provided to China Daily]
Sharp fall in customers and profits mean that a new storyline is needed to meet a challenging market, Wang Ru reports.
Bookstores hope a new page can be turned and a success story will unfold as COVID-19, unsurprisingly, led to significantly fewer customers and greatly reduced income, according to a survey.
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