Customary for people to read before buying

A XINHUA BOOKSTORE in Hulun Buir, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, has been criticized after a video was posted online showing employees making two children leave the store. The manager, Yao Fang, explained that before they were expelled, the children had been frolicking in the store for over half an hour. Gmw.cn said:

For years, it has been a shared understanding that you couldn't stay long in a private bookstore but you could read quietly at the State-owned Xinhua bookstores, because in people's minds they opened their doors to everyone and provided a peaceful reading environment for everyone.

Therefore, many may find it hard to accept that children were expelled from the Xinhua bookstore just because they were reading some books for free, especially it was only for a few minutes.