CHINA / SOCIETY By Global Times Published: Mar 16, 2021 10:18 PM
Over 4,500 pirated books were destroyed at a printing shop in Fuzhou, East China s Jiangxi Province on April 23, 2020. Photo: VCG
Pirated books sold on China s e-commerce platform Pinduoduo exposed by a social media article brought the piracy issue of books back into the media spotlight recently.
The editorial office of the WeChat public account Young Caijing exposed in its article that over 500 books it purchased on China s e-commerce platform Pinduoduo turned out to be pirated ones.
Young Caijing complained to the online bookshops but only received a reply saying that they could be refunded, while the Pinduoduo platform replied that pirated books are not counterfeit products.