English newspapers and magazines such as the China Daily are available for free in many hotels. Foreigners can also buy books and maps in foreign language bookstores or Xinhua Book Stores.

The main English-language newspaper is the China Daily and China Travel. Also there is the weekly news magazine Beijing Review, with editions in English, Spanish, French, German and Japanese. National newspapers include The Worker's Daily and The Guangming Daily, and many provinces have their own local dailies as well.