Shuttered in Shanghai, Chinese bookstore reopens in Washington

Chinese bookstore JF Books opened on Sept. 1, 2024, in Washington's Dupont Circle neighborhood, six years after the Chinese government forced the bookstore to close in Shanghai. (Yi Ruokun/VOA) Customers look at books at JF Bookstore, a Chinese book shop that opened in Washington's Dupont Circle neighborhood on Sept. 1, 2024. (Yi Ruokun/VOA)

A Chinese bookstore reopened in Washington on Sunday, six years after the Chinese government forced it to close its doors in Shanghai.