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China's 'warmest library' honors homeless patron with statue

Hangzhou Public Library in Zhejiang, China, has earned the nickname "the warmest library" for its inclusive policy of welcoming individuals regardless of their background, including homeless people and scavengers. This policy, initiated in 2008, allows anyone to enter without a library card. The library has honored a regular patron, Wei Sihao, who was a scavenger with a deep love for reading, by commissioning a statue in his memory. AI

RANK_REASON This is a human-interest story about a library's policy and a specific patron, not a core AI development or industry event.

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China's 'warmest library' honors homeless patron with statue

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Fran Lu ·

    China ‘warmest library’ welcomes homeless, honours late regular with statue

    Hangzhou Library, located in eastern China’s Zhejiang province, is affectionately dubbed “the warmest library” because it opens its doors to beggars and scavengers, even featuring a statue of one such individual. Notably, it was the first library in the country to welcome readers…