Old Beijing was a city of unique sounds -- sounds used to mark time, to advertise goods and services, or just to tickle the ear. In the run-up to the 2008 Olympics, Beijing is tearing down many of its ...
As the River Dragon boat chugs up the limpid Kun Yu River, the towers of new Beijing loom in the background, symbols of the Chinese capital's newfound modernity and prosperity. In the foreground, ...
Refrigerator magnets of buses are another bestseller in the store. Flipping open the outer bus body reveals vibrant scenes of ...
China is so big, diverse and protean that no single photograph can sum it up. And yet iconic images often come to represent the country at a particular point in time, the way ...
A firsthand account of the Chinese capital's struggles to preserve its past in the face of rapid development and Olympic glory. With a gross floor area of 3,875,000 square feet, the project had ...
Unused spaces across China's capital being repurposed for artistic development, Li You reports. Beijing's effort to revitalize its old industrial sites has led to the creation of some 6 million square ...
The ghost of Robert Moses, that famous rearranger of New York neighborhoods, must be happy with the architectural shenanigans that have been transpiring in Beijing. City officials in their great leap ...
Reporting from Beijing — Almost every morning, Liu Yunjiang prepares a show for strangers at his house in one of Beijing’s oldest neighborhoods. He starts by tending to his birds — cockatiels, pigeons ...
The hutong are the centuries-old, tree-lined alleyways that are the true heartbeat of this unique city and a real-life link to its fascinating past. China's capital may be racing towards the future at ...