Checking them out: Banned books pique interest of visitors to Hong Kong Lunar New Year fair
Many are curious about the books on offer from the store run by missing booksellers; organiser says they have sold 20pc of the stock
Politically sensitive books banned on in mainland China are piquing visitors’ interest at the Lunar New Year fair in Victoria Park.
Over a thousand copies of titles from Causeway Bay Books, which has been closed since its owner Lee Po disappeared, are being sold at the stall run by the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China.
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On the second day of the fair, the stall was drawing a constant stream of curious passers-by.
Ms Fung, an alliance volunteer at the stall, said they had sold around 20 per cent of the stock so far.
“It’s usually older people who are interested in these books, but quite a lot of young people have come by to have a look,” she said.
Mr Chow, who bought a title on the mainland’s economic situation, said he had never read such books before.
