New york is also a place where China people live in compact communities. There are about 300,000 overseas Chinese, but there are as many as seven or eight Chinese bookstores, among which there are two large-scale bookstores: one is World Bookstore, which is operated by World Journal and published by China Taiwan Province Joint Publishing House in the United States, mainly selling books published in Taiwan Province Province of China and Hongkong of China; The other is Oriental Culture Book Company, which is owned by local overseas Chinese and mainly sells books published in Chinese mainland.
Chinese bookstores in new york have some characteristics, such as small storefronts but complete varieties. Novels, biographies, economics, medicine, and even housekeeping, cooking, and feng shui are all available. In addition, Chinese bookstores in new york also have a major feature, that is, they not only sell books, but also sell Four Treasures of the Study and small gifts. Gifts are all related to culture, mainly for students and families to study.
There are also many China bookstores in the cultural capital, the largest of which is Phoenix Bookstore, which specializes in selling Chinese mainland's books. This bookstore was opened by several French friends who were obsessed with studying China. All kinds of Chinese books in the bookstore are neatly placed on the shelves, especially the magazine column at the entrance of the bookstore, which is full of China flavor. Phoenix Bookstore covers an area of more than 2,000 square meters and has 35,000 kinds of books. This is a cultural bookstore.
There are many China bookstores in Japan. Near the most famous book market in Tokyo, there are no fewer than 10 Chinese bookstores, such as internal bookstores and Zhonghua Bookstore, which have a history of nearly 70 years and are household names in Japan.
China Bookstore in Japan has its own characteristics. In addition to selling Chinese books, some bookstores also sell souvenirs similar to those sold in Chinese tourist attractions, and some bookstores display paper-cuts, jade articles, cultural relics, Tang Sancai and so on. Among all kinds of China books, China traditional culture, history and art books, which exude the flavor of classical books, have attracted many Japanese sinology experts, scholars, teachers and students. China Bookstore is frequented by not only overseas Chinese, but also Japanese.