Overview

Confucius Institute of Scotland provides grant for the purchase of the Shen Bao Digital Archive for the Library of the University of Edinburgh

Commitment Year•2016Country of Activity•United KingdomDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•United KingdomSector•EducationFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Mar 24, 2016

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The Library of the University of Edinburgh is located in Edinburgh at the following address: 30 George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9LJ, United Kingdom. More detailed information can be found at: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/4308724

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

Government Agencies

Hanban, Confucius Institute Headquarters

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

University of Edinburgh

Loan desecription

Confucius Institute of Scotland provides grant for the purchase of the Shen Bao Digital Archive for the Library of the University of Edinburgh

Narrative

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Project narrative

On March 24, 2016, the Library of the University of Edinburgh announced the purchase of the entire Shen Bao Digital Archive with assistance from the Confucius Institute for Scotland located at the university. Published in Shanghai from 1872-1949, the Shen Bao Chinese Newspaper (申報) Digital Archive presents the complete collection of all issues and contains more than 2 million articles. The database is 100% full-text searchable and contains the full-image of each page. The newspaper is described as the most influential and longest lasting commercial newspaper before the establishment of the People’s Republic in 1949.