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Art of letter writing being killed off by Internet in China: "Art of letter writing being killed off by Internet in China
( 2003-12-01 09:52) (Xinhua)
Having worked as a mailman for 18 straight years, Lao Chen is delivering less private letters, but more commercial ones.
'Only about one of the 10 letters I'm delivering is private mail,' said Lao Chen with the Panlong Post Office in Kunming city, the capital city of southwest China's Yunnan province. 'Who still bother to write with a pen since there are so many new communication ways these days?' "
Reuters | Latest Financial News / Full News Coverage: "Author Morris quits travel writing
Mon 1 December, 2003 02:21
By Aleksandrs Rozens
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Jan Morris, the journalist and travel writer, says she is quitting while she's ahead.
After writing more than 30 books, Morris is ranked among the world's best impressionistic travel writers, lauded by Publishers Weekly as 'one of the most admired and imitated travel writers alive'.
Despite such acclaim, Morris has no intention of milking her reputation, believing her 2001 book on the Adriatic port of Trieste is as good as it gets. Having hit that high mark, she won't be writing any more travel books under her own name."
