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Beijing Bestsellers: History, Lu Qin, and Magistrate BaoPosted by Joel Martinsen on Friday, June 24, 2005 at 8:43 PM
This week Danwei adds a new feature: a list of the week's bestselling books in Beijing. The list is taken from the Friday Book Review section in The Beijing News, which compiles its data from the city's major online and brick & mortar bookstores. We are still tinkering with the format; please send comments to joel (at) danwei (dot) org. For the second week in a row, the new history text jointly edited by scholars from China, South Korea, and Japan is atop the list, and the remainder are largely self-help books, including three books by "Intimate Sister" Lu Qin. Lu Qin, pictured here on the cover of this week's #8 book, Good Parents, Good Child, is the assistant editor-in-chief of the China Children's Press and Publications Group. She writes the "Intimate Sister" column for the paper Chinese Teenagers News, and her books have reported sales of more than 5 million. Last year's bestseller, Tell Your Child, You're Great contained advice on parenting. On Children's Day (1 June) this year, it was followed by a companion volume, Tell the World, I Can Do It. From a child's perspective, Lu Qin addresses 50 difficulties children may face while growing up. Topics include "Facing a Step-mother," "Facing a Single Parent," and "Facing a Crush." New to the general non-fiction list this week is The Remains of Magistrate Bao by Chen Guidi and Chun Tao, the authors of Chinese Peasants: An Investigation. Danwei previously ran a post on the publication of Magistrate Bao. Here's the mixed-genre bestseller list for this week:
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