‘People who really love books will come’: poet opens bookstore in mountainous village in China to provide space for locals to read and children to study

A bookstore in the middle of nowhere built in the shape of the number seven and containing 7,000 books has caught attention online in mainland China

The owner is a self-styled poet who spent US$116,000 building the store and says he wants to improve local villagers’ access to literature

https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/china-personalities/article/3219549/people-who-really-love-books-will-come-poet-opens-bookstore-mountainous-village-china-provide-space

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