Comment by CharlieDigital
12 hours ago
I recently had a similar episode as the author in another east Asia country: Taiwan.
Found myself in Taitung (along the much less densely populated, remote east coast) with several inches of rain forecast. Spent the day at the Taitung County Public Library [0] and it was a very pleasant public space which had more tourists than patrons!
Shots of the interior for anyone interested (surprisingly Scandinavian): https://youtu.be/gq8xlk_JEG4?t=108
I tried browsing bookstores on the mainland but found basically all the books are shrinkwrapped in plastic.
Very boring indeed (but the covers are nice I guess).
Is Taiwan similar?
Not the case!