On Thursday my Foreign Policy class was canceled so I had the whole afternoon free! My roommate and my friend decided to check out a Chinese bookstore in Sanlitun. Sanlitun is a very westernized part of Beijing so lots of foreigners hang out here.
We wanted to visit this particular bookstore, Page One, because it had both Chinese and English books. As soon as we walked in I was blown away. It was a huge two-level store filled to the brim with all different kinds of books. On the front table was the new release books in America as well as in China. They had a young adult section and a biography section and an art section. Around every corner was a new section with bookshelves from the floor to the ceiling.
I walked around for almost two hours. I found lots of classic American books written in Chinese like Lord of the Rings, The Hunger Games, Brave New World, Pride and Prejudice and Atlas Shrugged. I didn’t want to leave!
I couldn’t leave empty handed so I took home the Chinese version of The Great Gatsby.
It may take me years to read but I’ll start now and make it a project!
On the way back, I got to experience rush hour traffic on the subway! Although it seems stressful for everyone, I thought it was fun! There was very long lines just to get on the subway.
We had to wait for two trains to go by because they were overflowing with people. No amount of people pushing would help!
Here is a video of the chaos! Welcome to China! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1hOB0G6zTI&feature=youtu.be
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Hey Eva,
Great photo! The building on the far right looks like the curve of a page even if it is not the building for the book store! “Great” book selection ”Great” Gatsby!
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Love you sweetie,
Mom