{"id":160247,"date":"2026-11-15T06:00:12","date_gmt":"2026-11-15T06:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=160247"},"modified":"2026-11-15T06:00:12","modified_gmt":"2026-11-15T06:00:12","slug":"what-a-beijing-cafe-dispute-reveals-about-chinas-struggling-bookshops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=160247","title":{"rendered":"What a Beijing cafe dispute reveals about China\u2019s struggling bookshops"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostChina\u2019s bricks-and-mortar bookstores are increasingly counting on coffee, merchandise and cultural events rather than books to stay afloat \u2013 a survival strategy whose tensions were laid bare after a major chain asked a book buyer to vacate its cafe seating unless she bought a drink.<br \/>\nThe dispute at a Beijing branch of Sisyphe Bookstore, one of the country\u2019s largest chains, went viral earlier this month, sparking an online debate over the struggles bookshops face in the digital age.<br \/>\nThe customer,&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/politics\/article\/3374469\/what-beijing-cafe-dispute-reveals-about-chinas-struggling-bookshops\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostChina\u2019s bricks-and-mortar bookstores are increasingly counting on coffee, merchandise and cultural events rather than books to stay afloat \u2013 a survival strategy whose tensions&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160247"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=160247"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160247\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=160247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=160247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=160247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}