Readers rushing for books on world history
By Liu Xuan | China Daily | Updated: 2019-02-27 07:26
Changing tastes key reason for works' popularity
Editor's note: In a world facing increasing challenges on a number of fronts, such as isolationism and protectionism, different nations and cultures now have a stronger need and desire to get to know one another. In this series "China and the World: Learning and Understanding", we look at efforts that have been and are being made globally to broaden cross-border communication and study. This article is the third in the series.
In 2006, then high school student and history enthusiast Qiu Yang bought a copy of the newly published Chinese edition of A Global History: From Prehistory to the 21st Century.
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