Coverage dated November 17, 2024

As China cracks down on bookstores at home, Chinese-language booksellers are flourishing overseas

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Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Yu Miao smiles as he stands among the 10,000 books crowded on rows of bamboo shelves in his newly reopened bookstore. It’s in Washington’s vibrant Dupont Circle neighborhood, far from its last location in Shanghai, where the Chinese government forced him out of bus…

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  1. Green Field Reporter

    As China cracks down on bookstores at home, Chinese-language booksellers are flourishing overseas - The Daily Reporter (opens Green Field Reporter)

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    WASHINGTON (AP) — Yu Miao smiles as he stands among the 10,000 books crowded on rows of bamboo shelves in his newly reopened bookstore. It’s in Washington’s vibrant Dupont Circle neighborhood, far from its last location in Shanghai, where the Chinese government forced him out of business six years a…

  2. Washington Times

    Chinese booksellers flee abroad as government tightens control (opens Washington Times)

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    Yu Miao smiles as he stands among the 10,000 books crowded on rows of bamboo shelves in his newly reopened bookstore. It's in Washington's vibrant Dupont Circle neighborhood, far from its last location in Shanghai, where the Chinese government forced him out of business six years ago.

  3. Local News 8

    As China cracks down on bookstores at home, Chinese-language booksellers are flourishing overseas (opens Local News 8)

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    Local News 8's feed description

    Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Yu Miao smiles as he stands among the 10,000 books crowded on rows of bamboo shelves in his newly reopened bookstore. It’s in Washington’s vibrant Dupont Circle neighborhood, far from its last location in Shanghai, where the Chinese government forced him out of bus…

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