The 66-year-old Beijing Foreign Languages Bookstore closed on Dec 6 for renovation. Beijing Foreign Languages Bookstore, which opened in 1958, closed for renovation on Wednesday. The 66-year-old bookstore is a popular site and celebrated scholars like Qian Xuesen and Chen Jingrun were regular customers in the 1960s and '70s. An Liang, assistant to the general manager, said the new bookstore …