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A book doctor at the National Library

Xinhua talks to Du Weisheng, a book repair specialist at the National Library of China, about the past and future of rare book repair: "Now, universities teach book repair courses. That's good because students can learn the whole set of skills... ...full story at Danwei

from Danwei on Mon, Feb 23 2009

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