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Is it possible to buy used books from China, and how? I live in Europe and have no problems buying new books from Amazon.cn.

I have tried to register at kongfz.com, but the only payment options are through a Chinese bank account or Alipay. They don't seem to accept foreign credit cards.

Are there any other websites who sell used books and ship to Europe?

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I've bought a few books from abebooks.com. The used books are pretty cheap and seem to have a good selection of Chinese titles.

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None of the titles I am looking for unfortunately.

I thought about contacting a few sellers at kongfz.com, but they don't publish their email address on the website, only QQ and phone numbers.

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That's according to a poster in America who may not have known any better and just assumed you need a Chinese bank account.

Alipay themselves have this to say, and have a full walk-through of the process here. I've not personally done this, so I can't attest whether it works or not, but I'd at least try it before deciding it didn't work.

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It didn't work.

A registration at Alipay requires a Taobao account, and their registration process requires an Asian phone number (China, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong or Macau).

Buying books through a Taobao agent seems to be the only alternative.

If I didn’t want to use an agent, could I order direct from Taobao?

Wanna go rogue, eh? We admire your spirit! But unfortanetly, you won’t be able to add any money to your Taobao account. Taobao’s Alipay (like Paypal) can only be funded by Chinese banks, or by buying recharge slips locally in China.

Source: http://taobaofieldguide.com/taobao-guides/buying-on-taobao-from-overseas

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