The best bookshops China

The Shanghai Museum Shop also offers a number of books in English on history, art and culture.

Foreign language dictionaries and manuals, Chinese methods. Selection of foreign magazines and newspapers. Beautiful books, novels in English, maps and Cds.

Chinese classical literature, calligraphy manuals and art equipment.

The most important.

The second largest bookstore, well-stocked in English books, many of them on China.

The largest bookstore in Beijing, which also includes a CD and DVD floor and a part of books in English on the top floor.

Place of meetings of the intellectual, cultural and artistic circles of Chengdu and… de passage to Chengdu. Tang Danhong, a young woman aged 30, opened this bookstore in 1995. She offers a very personal selection of books meticulously found in the best publishing houses across China. Reference works on authors, art, Western history; novels and philosophical studies translated into Chinese. China's largest tibétologie library! Spacious, comfortable room, open to the public to enjoy a peaceful chat around the main main table. Guaranteed meetings, cup of tea offered free of charge by the house.

Small library specialized in French works with a very good selection of Anglo-Saxon books. Chen Tong is a lover of our country's literature and strives to convey his passion to the Chinese since 1994 through this library and his publishing house specialized in translations: in 1997, Alain Robbe-Grillet's complete works were added to works by Barthes, Foucault and other contemporary philosophers. Much of the stock comes from Hong Kong, and Chen offers a Home Delivery Service for scholars from the Chinese countryside.

Bookstore offering books and maps in English.

Three signs in Hong Kong. Very nice bookstores where one likes to stroll to find travel guides and maps around the world. Many books in all languages are also available.

Festival Walk: Level Ground, 80 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon Tong. Tel: (852) 2778.

Harbour City: Level 3, Township Road, Tsim Sha Tsui. Tel: (852) 2730.

Times Square: Level 9, 1 Matheson Street, Causeway Bay. Tel: (852) 2506.

A very good bookstore for those who read Chinese. Large selection of magazines, novels, essays…

And in addition to the many old books you can find in the aisles of Panjiayuan, flea markets.

Page One, founded in 1983 in Singapore by Mark Tan, is a large chain of bookstores specializing in the sale of English-language books. Over the years, it has also sought to develop the market for books in Chinese. Today, Page One still has three branches in mainland China.

If you are interested in oriental medicine, through therapy, beauty, movies and politics, you will probably find your happiness in the largest alternative bookstore on the island.