When a mainland Chinese tourist heard about a bookstore in Hong Kong that sold books banned by Beijing, he knew he had to check it out. The Beijing native traveled to Hong Kong for a weekend in July and stopped by People's Commune in Causeway Bay to see if the rumors were true. "I want to know the inside stories of the party," said the man, who did not want to be identified because it was illegal to bring the books back home. "It has nothing to do with me personally but there is no way you can get those inside China."
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Bookstores in Hong Kong are now catering to mainland Chinese tourists
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The books sell literature that is banned in China under the Communist Party rule
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Topics include political scandals, history books and book about the Party itself
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Experts say Chinese buy these books to feel a part of the political process
In mainland @placeholder the government places strict controls on mass media, which often means that political analysis and controversial accounts of Chinese history are impossible to find within the country's borders.