They would be hunting for used books or borrowing from older friends and neighbors.

On your behalf I have been trawling the web looking for good advice, and the only effect this has had on me is to shake my own hard-won confidence as a public speaker.

He began to collect books and soon he had an immense library.

In China's state-run sports system, coaches trawl the countryside looking for children with suitable physiques for every sport.

Home to more than 200 restaurants, you can sample almost anything here, from Sichuan shuizhuyu and malatang to the rich taste of grilled seafood chuan'er and Peking duck.