Books
June-6-2024
- Bookstore owner brings stories, change to children in rural China
- And following in the footsteps of the librarians in the story, Jiao has provided voluntary picture book classes to at least 100,000 children in more than 400 schools over the past nine years, with many located in remote rural areas of northwest China's Shaanxi Province.
May-30-2024
- Opening a door to a timeless world
- Having inherited the store from his publisher grandfather, who founded it in 1899, Jiang moved it to its current location in 2006, before turning it into something of an attraction. People come here as much for a sighting of the man himself as for the books. His very presence assures them that there's something unchanging about this part of the town.