We know from an advertisement published in the North China Daily News in 1934 that the Metropole Hotel served as a bookstore and a place for distributing newspaper and periodicals, especially the Far Eastern Review. The 1934 advertisement stated: "Get the Background of To-day's Situation in China in the Current Issue of The Far Eastern Review. Leading Articles this Month: Japan's Attitude Toward America -- Three Problems of Japan and United States ) The Crisis in Fukien -- Aspects of Electrical Development in China -- Subscription Rate: Mex. $10 per year - Single Copie: Mex. $1 per copy. May be obtained at the following bookstores:.. "