Tuesday, 20 December 2011
Phnom Penh Post
Photo by: Hong Menea
An employee at Xinzhi's Cambodia Chinese Bookstore in Phnom Penh's Tuol Kork district walks past a display of Chinese-language magazines. The store is the first Chinese-operated and invested bookshop off Chinese soil, according to Xinzhi. Two Cambodian high school students poke curiously through an illustrated edition of the Chinese classic, Journey to the West, at Cambodia Chinese Bookstore in Phnom Penh.
Although the girls can’t read the stylish calligraphy, they seem enthralled nonetheless.
Customers of the shop, located in the capital’s Tuol Kork district, often don’t read or speak Chinese, general manager Liu Minhui said. But this hasn’t deterred them from taking an interest in the largely Chinese-language products.
The bookstore, which opened in November, is a more than US$3 million investment from China’s Xinzhi Books, making it the world’s first Chinese operated and invested bookstore outside mainland China, according to Liu Minhui.
Although the girls can’t read the stylish calligraphy, they seem enthralled nonetheless.
Customers of the shop, located in the capital’s Tuol Kork district, often don’t read or speak Chinese, general manager Liu Minhui said. But this hasn’t deterred them from taking an interest in the largely Chinese-language products.
The bookstore, which opened in November, is a more than US$3 million investment from China’s Xinzhi Books, making it the world’s first Chinese operated and invested bookstore outside mainland China, according to Liu Minhui.
1 comment:
Go china!!!! Please help Khmer from Vietnamization.
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