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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Fu Ting

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

China Bookstore Crackdown - (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

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.

“There is no pressure from the authorities here,” said Yu, the owner of JF Books, Washington’s only Chinese bookseller. “I want to live without fear.”

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