Zhengzhou residents irate over newsstand ban
<p><span word="Download">Download</span></p><p><span word="Qi">Qi</span> <span word="Xin">Xin</span>, <span word="an">an</span> <span word="employee">employee</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="English">English</span> <span word="training">training</span> <span word="company">company</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Zhengzhou">Zhengzhou</span>, <span word="capital">capital</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Central">Central</span> <span word="China">China</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Henan">Henan</span> <span word="province">province</span>, <span word="can">can</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="longer">longer</span> <span word="find">find</span> <span word="anyplace">anyplace</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="sells">sells</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="favorite">favorite</span> <span word="magazine">magazine</span>, <span word="Youth">Youth</span> <span word="Digest">Digest</span>.</p><p>"<span word="I">I</span> <span word="bought">bought</span> <span word="every">every</span> <span word="issue">issue</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="magazine">magazine</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="now">now</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="can">can</span>'<span word="t">t</span> <span word="find">find</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="place">place</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="buy">buy</span> <span word="it">it</span>," <span word="the">the</span> 26-<span word="year">year</span>-<span word="old">old</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p><span word="Qi">Qi</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="millions">millions</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Zhengzhou">Zhengzhou</span> <span word="residents">residents</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="getting">getting</span> <span word="behind">behind</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="reading">reading</span> <span word="because">because</span> <span word="city">city</span> <span word="authorities">authorities</span> <span word="decided">decided</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="pull">pull</span> <span word="down">down</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="newsstands">newsstands</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="last">last</span> <span word="newsstand">newsstand</span>, <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="intersection">intersection</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Chengshi">Chengshi</span> <span word="Huayuan">Huayuan</span> <span word="Road">Road</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Hongqi">Hongqi</span> <span word="Street">Street</span>, <span word="was">was</span> <span word="torn">torn</span> <span word="down">down</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="April">April</span> 2.</p><p><span word="In">In</span> <span word="April">April</span> 2017, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Zhengzhou">Zhengzhou</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="decided">decided</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="pull">pull</span> <span word="down">down</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="city">city</span>'<span word="s">s</span> 421 <span word="newsstands">newsstands</span>.</p><p><span word="Zhengzhou">Zhengzhou</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="urban">urban</span> <span word="management">management</span> <span word="bureau">bureau</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="charge">charge</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="initiative">initiative</span>, <span word="claimed">claimed</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="newsstands">newsstands</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="illegal">illegal</span> <span word="constructions">constructions</span>.</p><p><span word="Beijing">Beijing</span> <span word="News">News</span> <span word="reported">reported</span> <span word="in">in</span> 2017 <span word="that">that</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="Zhengzhou">Zhengzhou</span> <span word="newsstand">newsstand</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="license">license</span>.</p><p><span word="It">It</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="reported">reported</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="in">in</span> 2004, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="total">total</span> <span word="of">of</span> 341 <span word="stands">stands</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="licensed">licensed</span>.</p><p>"<span word="Hearings">Hearings</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="needed">needed</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="cracking">cracking</span> <span word="down">down</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="illegal">illegal</span> <span word="constructions">constructions</span>," <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Han">Han</span> <span word="Yongjin">Yongjin</span>, <span word="vice">vice</span>-<span word="director">director</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="bureau">bureau</span>. "<span word="Some">Some</span> <span word="newsstands">newsstands</span> <span word="extend">extend</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="street">street</span>, <span word="occupy">occupy</span> <span word="public">public</span> <span word="spaces">spaces</span>, <span word="sell">sell</span> <span word="refreshments">refreshments</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="hang">hang</span> <span word="posts">posts</span>. <span word="All">All</span> <span word="affect">affect</span> <span word="urban">urban</span> <span word="planning">planning</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="should">should</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="cracked">cracked</span> <span word="down">down</span>," <span word="a">a</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="notice">notice</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="bureau">bureau</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p><span word="An">An</span> <span word="alternative">alternative</span> <span word="offered">offered</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="move">move</span> <span word="newspaper">newspaper</span> <span word="stands">stands</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="supermarkets">supermarkets</span>.</p><p><span word="However">However</span>, <span word="Qi">Qi</span> <span word="doesn">doesn</span>'<span word="t">t</span> <span word="like">like</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="alternative">alternative</span>. "<span word="It">It</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="so">so</span> <span word="inconvenient">inconvenient</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="me">me</span>. <span word="I">I</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="get">get</span> <span word="change">change</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="stands">stands</span> <span word="before">before</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="now">now</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="walk">walk</span> <span word="miles">miles</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="find">find</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="supermarket">supermarket</span>," <span word="she">she</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p>
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