More Online Reading Than Book Reading for Chinese

Anonymous Patron writes “According To Xinhua – China A survey showed that the number of Chinese reading at least one book a year has been declining dramatically, as Internet draws more readers’ attention from books.
The survey conducted every two years by the China Publishing Research Center under the General Administration of Press and Publication was released over the weekend to mark Sunday’s 11th World Book and Copyright Day.
Among 8,000 respondents to the poll undertaken last year, less than 50 percent said that they read at least one book a year.
According to Monday’s China Daily, the survey conducted since 1999 found Chinese’ inclination for reading went down year by year. The reader ratio fell all the way down from 60.4 percent in 1999.”

April 26, 2006 by Uncategorized 0

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