Our trusty little Cirrus airplane, which has been flying Jim and me around for almost two years now for the American Futures project, has been in the shop this week for its annual inspection. So ...

Shanghai Library, one of the largest libraries in the world, has now joined the WorldCat library database, which catalogs the full collections of more than 74,000 libraries across the world. Provided ...

Shanghai is adding yet another futuristic building to its modern skyline. The Chinese megacity just broke ground on the Shanghai East Library, a new public library that will serve 4 million visitors a ...

Anyone who has ever been stuck on a sweltering subway platform with no reception knows you can only play Candy Crush for so long. In Shanghai, at least, there's a new library system along a metro line ...

One of the world’s largest new libraries has opened in Shanghai. A center of art, culture, and technology-driven learning, Shanghai Library East covers more than 1.2 million sf, more than 80% of which ...

Chinese subway riders using Shanghai’s Metro Line 2 will soon have their very own unofficial library. Pick up a book at one station, drop it off at any other. The project was initiated by a bookstore, ...

SHANGHAI — Long before there was the census in China, there were the genealogy records. Every family had one, from the emperor to the poorest peasant. Like time capsules, these private archives ...

This year is the 21st anniversary of the opening of the Shanghai metro. The subway has facilitated more than 13 billion journeys during its 21 years, and half of Shanghai citizens cite the metro as ...

Shanghai is the most populous city in the world with almost 25 million inhabitants and the library system of the city dates back to 1847, so the competition to determine the architecture firm that ...

An aerial photo shows visitors doing various activities in the new Pudong branch of Shanghai Library, on Sept 28, 2022. [Photo by Gao Erqiang/For chinadaily.com.cn] The new Pudong branch of Shanghai ...

Shanghai Library on Tuesday signed a memorandum of cooperation with the Library of National Congress of Chile courtesy of the Window of Shanghai project. Launched by Shanghai Library in 2002, the ...