I went to check out the Kunming Library today by Cuihu. Great place! Does anyone know if they let you borrow books like libraries in the US, and if so how easy/hard is it for a foreigner to get borrowing privileges?
I went to check out the Kunming Library today by Cuihu. Great place! Does anyone know if they let you borrow books like libraries in the US, and if so how easy/hard is it for a foreigner to get borrowing privileges?
This can be done without problem. Just bring your passport and police registration.
You will have to pay a deposit. That is 100 kuai for the Chinese books and 400 kuai for the international section. You are allowed to borrow books till that value. With new books that number is soon reached the old ones are much cheaper.
For the latest ask the young lady called Alex at the international department, she speaks English.
Still one of our favorite places in town: