Controversial Hong Kong bookstore to reopen in Taiwan

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/03/03
By: Chang Su-ling and Kuan-lin Liu 

Taipei, March 3 (CNA) Causeway Bay Books, an independent bookstore in Hong Kong that closed its doors after the disappearance of five staff members, will reopen in Taipei this year, its founder said Saturday.

At a press conference in Taipei, Lam Wing-kee (林榮基) said the independent bookstore will open in June or later in the year in Taipei’s Ximending area, which is a popular hangout spot for young people.

Causeway Bay Books, which was selling politically sensitive publications banned in mainland China, closed up shop in Hong Kong in 2015 after five members of its staff disappeared.

Lam said at the press conference that while young people in Taiwan appear not to be paying much attention to China, he thinks they should be concerned about China’s efforts to suppress Taiwan and try to understand the root of the problem through literature.
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