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After squeezing herself into an overcrowded subway car at Beijing South Railway Station at 9 am, Gao Xiang, 25, took The Art of Loving by psychoanalyst and social philosopher Erich Fromm out of her bag to read, despite not having a seat.

Thirty minutes later, when she got off at Xizhimen Station, Gao had read 20 pages. Commuting on the subway has given her a regular reading break since she graduated from college in 2016.