For illustration: coffee and cake in front of a shelf of books at a bookstore. Photo: SCMP / Dickson Lee For illustration: coffee and cake in front of a shelf of books at a bookstore. Photo: SCMP / Dickson Lee
For illustration: coffee and cake in front of a shelf of books at a bookstore. Photo: SCMP / Dickson Lee
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In Beijing, you will soon be able to order books with your lunch on Chinese food delivery app Meituan

  • A first batch of 72 bookstores are launching on food delivery platform Meituan “as soon as next week”
  • Booksellers in China’s capital city have been struggling to stay afloat due to reduced footfall during the epidemic

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Minghe Hu
Minghe Hu in Beijing

Updated: 2:58pm, 6 Mar, 2020

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For illustration: coffee and cake in front of a shelf of books at a bookstore. Photo: SCMP / Dickson Lee For illustration: coffee and cake in front of a shelf of books at a bookstore. Photo: SCMP / Dickson Lee
For illustration: coffee and cake in front of a shelf of books at a bookstore. Photo: SCMP / Dickson Lee
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