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5 Ways to Explore Beijing’s Hutongs This Fall and Winter

Golden ginkgo trees, rooftop coffee and winter afternoons on the ice. Explore five ways through Beijing’s hutongs and their surrounding neighborhoods, including a walk through old Peking with author Paul French.
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Imperial dragon patterns

Beijing’s Vanishing Heart

This past weekend, we sat down with journalist and photographer Jojje Olsson to talk about a bit of Beijing’s heritage. _____ In 2007, Jojje Olsson came to China. He’d just won a university competition, and...
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Man enjoying his tea

Interview: Graham Earnshaw of Earnshaw Books

When walking around the hutongs of Beijing or the French Concession in Shanghai, it’s hard not to think about the way things were in China before its modernization drive. Shanghai-based media executive and old China...
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