At night, I went to a bar (what they call themself as a library, but I expected to go to a bar or tea house), called Bookworm in Sanlitun area in Beijing.
It is a nice place to spend an free afternoon or night there. There are many books (16,000 as described in the store card) inside the library. Most of them are English books and magazines that you can borrow or read inside the library. It is much better beyond my expectation. The foods and drinks are not expensive. Typical coffee and tea are 15 RMB per cup, which is not bad.
Here are some pictures taken with my Nokia 6670.
© Jian Shuo Wang. Image in courtesy of Bookworm
© Jian Shuo Wang. Image in courtesy of Bookworm
© Jian Shuo Wang. Image in courtesy of Bookworm
© Jian Shuo Wang. Image in courtesy of Bookworm
© Jian Shuo Wang. Image in courtesy of Bookworm
© Jian Shuo Wang. Image in courtesy of Bookworm
Thanks for Wei and Wang Yi (from ChinaBBS) to bring me there.
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Alla notte, sono andato ad una barra (che cosa denominano il themself come biblioteca, ma ho pensato andare ad una casa del tè o della barra), denominata Bookworm nella zona di Sanlitun in Beijing.
È un posto piacevole per spendere un pomeriggio o una notte libero là. Ci sono molti libri (16.000 come descritti nella scheda del deposito) all'interno della biblioteca. La maggior parte di loro sono libri e scomparti inglesi che potete prendere in prestito o leggere all'interno della biblioteca. È molto più meglio oltre la mia aspettativa. Gli alimenti e le bevande non sono costosi. Il caffè ed il tè tipici sono 15 RMB per la tazza, che non è difettosa.
Qui sono alcune immagini prese con il mio Nokia 6670.
© Jian Shuo Wang. Immagine nella cortesia del Bookworm
© Jian Shuo Wang. Immagine nella cortesia del Bookworm
© Jian Shuo Wang. Immagine nella cortesia del Bookworm
© Jian Shuo Wang. Immagine nella cortesia del Bookworm
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Hanyuan Bookstore is a great bookstore, and a nice cafe. It is almost the equal place as the Bookworm in Beijing.
Tonight, four persons chat in the great place, as Professor Chan put it, it is a "space of humanity".
Xiaobo, journalist from 21st Century Business Herald, Professor Yuen Ying Chan, director of Journalism and Media Studies Center of The University of Hong Kong, and Tony Lee of Cheung Kong School of Journalist and Communication Shantou University. The forth person is me.
:-)
About Hanyuan
Hanyuan Bookstore is at #27, Shaoxing Road 绍兴路27号。They have a Chinese FAQ.
It is both a bookstore, and a cafe. The topic of the bookstore is about Shanghai.
Their telephone is 64732526.
BTW, the Shaoxing Road is a nice road (single way road from west to east). It connect the Shaanxi Road (a nice road with Phenix Trees), and Ruijing Er Road. In short, that area is a typical Shanghai residence. For visitors, I highly recommend to visit that More