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A bookseller who issues passports for the ‘Republic of Nowhere’

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Published: October 15th, 2024,
Last updated: May 28th, 2025

Zhang Jieping in her bookshop „Nowhere.“

Since mid-2022, the Nowhere Bookstore has been located in a side street of the popular Ximending nightlife district in western Taipei. Inside, the bookshelves are lined up close together and are moved aside during events, as there is so little space in the store. But as unassuming as it may seem, the bookstore has become an important platform for political debates and a meeting place for Taiwan’s Hong Kong community in recent years.

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