New thinker

A leading Chinese literary journal launches a mobile app to promote 'serious' reading among online users, Xing Yi reports.

With online literature websites and mobile applications flourishing in China, a wide genre of fiction is readily available for readers. But most such writings online are considered more entertaining than "serious", which is why a new phone app called Thinker has been launched by People's Literature, a leading literary journal in China.

The app is a digital reading platform, where readers can download full texts of literary works published by People's Literature, and the app serves as a social network platform for writers and readers, where registered users can leave comments below an article and discuss their reading experiences.