Banned books on sale here: Hong Kong book fair will openly sell politically sensitive tomes
The annual event hopes to attract over a million visitors
Books banned in the mainland because of their politically sensitive content will be on sale as the 2016 Hong Kong Book Fair looks to attract over a million visitors.
Titles such as the four-volume Collected Works of Zhao Ziyang , to books detailing the events of the Cultural Revolution and tackling the subject of self-determination for Hong Kong, will be openly on sale at the event that begins today.
Benjamin Chau Kai-leung, deputy executive director of the Trade Development Council – the event’s organiser – said: “Hong Kong is a free and open place...no matter what political issues the books talk about, they can be sold at the book fair.”
A total of 640 bookstores and publishers took part in the fair this year, an increase of 9 per cent from last year.
Chau said he cannot predict the visitor turnout this year, as the weather will play an important role, but hopes more than a million people will attend.
