POLITICS● ELEVATEDAug 30 · Aug 30, 2026, 11:57 AM
Long queues mark final day as Hong Kong bookstore closes after raid
South China Morning Post · east asia
An independent Hong Kong bookstore has shut its doors six weeks after a national security police raid, drawing long queues of customers on its final day following four years in business. Readers wound down the dim staircase of a Prince Edward tenement building on Sunday afternoon, with some waiting up to 45 minutes to enter the third-floor bookstore, Have a Nice Stay. The closure followed a mid-July operation by national security officers, who raided the shop alongside nearby Greenfield...
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