Xi's notes on Books

08:40, April 24, 2020

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  World Book Day marked in China

  A reader reads a book at a bookstore in Anshan, northeast China's Liaoning Province, on the World Book Day, April 23, 2020. (Xinhua/Yao Jianfeng) .A staff member sorts out books at a bookstore in Changsha, central China's Hunan Province, on the World Book Day, April 23, 2020.

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  Pic story: book collector holds reading activities to enrich cultural life of locals

  Fu Tianbin introduces the method on reading an uncut book at a public reading room in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, April 22, 2020. Fu Tianbin, 47, has been dealing with books for nearly 30 years. Fu used to work in a bookstore in Shiyan, where he became an old book fanatic.

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  Britons turn to reading in lockdown

  Libraries report a big surge in online borrowing as nation seeks escapism.People in Britain are turning to books in lockdown, with more taking up reading since restrictions were imposed on March 23, according to a new survey.Loans of online e-books, e-magazines and audiobooks were up an average of 6