However, this activity is hampered by weaknesses in distribution stemming from vestiges of communist centralized economic planning, and books are unable to reach a wide public audience. Indeed, the challenges faced by publishers in Taiwan, Japan, and Korea seem magnified in China. The country, which seems to be a promising new center for publishing, has also become a challenging "black hole" for publishers.
熱絡的上游出版讓中國大陸書籍滾滾湧出，卻苦於共產遺緒計劃性經濟下分銷體質的脆弱，無法送至廣大讀者手中，台、日、韓三地的出版通路危機在大陸更為放大，亞洲出版的新能量中心也成為難解的一大黑洞。