Leader's book attracts praise

President Xi Jinping's book The Governance of China has been applauded in the Cezch Republic ahead of his state visit to the nation from Monday to Wednesday next week.

The book, a compilation of Xi's work from Nov 15, 2012 to June 13, 2014, comprises speeches, talks, interviews, instructions and correspondence. It was first published in 2014 in Chinese and many other languages, including English, French, Russian and Arabic. Of the 5.36 million copies, 400,000 have been sold overseas.

The book is being translated into Czech and will soon be published in that language.