Beijing's campaign for "scientific and technological independence," especially pertaining to the microchip sector, has received mixed global response. .
A historical book arguing that the eight-nation invasion of China at the turn of the twentieth century was justified has been missing from Hong Kong bookstore.
Hong Kong residents were appalled to see a book, The Eight-Nation Allied Army Righteous Army, displayed at a local outlet of Taiwan-based Eslite Bookstore, media reports said on Sunday.
The book by Beijing-born writer Liu Qikun, which has been slammed by pro-Beijing media and lawmakers for glorifying foreign invasion of China, is sold out at Taiwanese-owned Eslite bookstore.
HONG KONG: A book pro-Beijing media and lawmakers have attacked for saying it was right for foreign powers to take military action against China during the early 1900s has been snapped up by readers, according to employees of a retail bookstore chain in Hong Kong.