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RIP – China’s Lost Newsstands

Posted: January 27th, 2026 | No Comments »

The stories about the end of newsstands in China is very sad – I’ve always enjoyed browsing them for new magazines and regional media. Here’s a couple of photos – a Beijing news kiosk in 2002 and a mobile bicycle newsstand in Kunming, 2004….

Here’s more from Sixth Tone



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