Waste pickers in the 'most welcoming library'

Xie Bin (pseudonym) reads books at the Hangzhou Public Library on Nov. 7. The 32-year-old man from Anhui Province looked no different from other readers except for the unpleasant odor emanating from his body. Xie is writing poetry in the library. He uses up three or four notebooks every two weeks. He has composed more than 160 poems, and he is going to contribute them to a poetry magazine one day."I try to find inspiration, happiness as well as loss, from classical literature. I channel all my frustrations into poetry and describe all the beautiful things in the world in poetry as well," he said. [Photo/CFP]