Murong Xuecun on people who complain about the rising cost of books
Some people complain that books are too expensive. Well, you have to see what you're comparing it to. Chinese books cost about 30RMB on the average -- that's a pack of average quality cigarettes, a cup of coffee, a set meal, a cab ride, half of a cinema ticket, or a third of a pizza. Some people can afford to smoke, drink coffee, go to the cinema, but say they're too poor to read. It only goes to show they don't like reading enough.
「有人报怨书价太贵，看跟什么比了。现在中国图书的均价也就是三十块左右，相当于一包中档烟、一杯咖啡、一个套餐、一次出租车、1/2张电影票、1/3个比萨饼，有人抽得起烟、喝得起咖啡、看得起电影，却说自己看不起书，其实这只能说明此人不爱读书。」
- Author Murong Xuecun in a rant on his Weibo account on people who complain about the rising cost of books.
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