BEIJING, Dec 10 — Government officials in a northwestern county in China face punishment after images of them burning books outside a library went viral, sparking concern on social media about the destruction of cultural and intellectual heritage.
“The library has completely cleaned and quickly destroyed illegal books, religious publications, and especially books and articles with biases,” said the article, which local media said was originally posted on the library’s website, but was no longer accessible. “The employees did not seal and collectively destroy according to regulations, but rather burned the 65 illegal books in the small plaza in front of the library,” it said.
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