# These bookshops let Chinese readers question their country — now the doors are closing

https://mins.news/en/item/28998

- BBC News, 2026-08-21 22:26 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj0338l6yg4o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> Hong Kong’s independent bookstores have offered mainland Chinese readers access to sensitive books and a freer space to challenge official ideas. Since June, police have searched several shops and arrested people on sedition and money-laundering allegations; at least three independent bookstores closed within a month.

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