Sentence examples for illegal books from inspiring English sources
Defying such supervision, some publishers reportedly take advantage of the fair to sneak out illegal books.
When the Chinese authorities grounded Liao in March, they also made him sign a declaration that he would not publish any "illegal" books abroad.
Their agenda was a long one: in the 1950s homosexuality, abortion and off-course gambling were all illegal; books and theatres were still censored; murderers were hung.
There, a dissident showed him a samizdat, an illegal book.
"I have deeply reflected on what I have done and very much regret the illegal book trading I have carried out with Gui Minhai," said Lui.
In their first appearance since they were detained, Cheung, Lui and Lam blamed the company's illegal book trade on colleague Gui Minhai.
Four of the five Hong Kong booksellers who went missing in October have appeared on television confirming for the first time they had been detained for "illegal book trading" in mainland China.
On Saturday, the same newspaper published interviews with two of the other detained booksellers, Lui Por and Cheung Chi-ping, who both disputed Mr. Lam's claim that televised confessions from this year in which they tearfully admitted to illegal book sales in China had been scripted by the mainland police.
"I have deeply reflected on what I have done and very much regret the illegal book trading I have carried out with Gui Minhai," said Lui Por in the television report.
For some writers, tracking down illegal e-books is simply not worth it.
