Stories about Architecture in Beijing
Hutongsdave chou - vjpedia [911] The real culture of Beijing is the culture of the Hutong and courtyard...
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China's leaning towers face moment of truthAgence-France Presse AFP - Global [28,579] The firm of Office of Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) won an international competition in 2002 to build the new headquarters for China Central Television, the country's state broadcaster. The CCTV...
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Film Review: Raise the Red LanternCeleste Heiter - cheiter [29,099] Rivalry, treachery and conspiracy abound when concubine number four joins the palatial household of a wealthy Chinese aristocrat, where his other three wives are already ensconced. Wife number one is...
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Beijing
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Destruction of Beijing city center escalatesAgence-France Presse AFP - Global [28,579] In a controversial cultural preservation campaign that has residents howling, the Beijing government is planning to tear down shabby traditional homes in the Chinese capital's historic district and...
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Retired artist in race against time to save memory of old BeijingAgence-France Presse AFP - Global [28,579] * * * * * Equipped with a simple camera, 71-year-old Beijing resident Lu Baohua is striving to record a world that is disappearing fast. The retired artist has spent four years taking thousands of...
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On and Around the Great WallJoe Lavin - jlavin [737] As we take the highway to the Great Wall, it is obvious that my friends and I are not the only ones who have decided to see the wall during the May Day holiday. Most of China seems to be with us here...
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Beijing
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Death of a Beijing Flea MarketJoshua Samuel Brown - jbrown [10,407] As the year 2002 draws to a close in Beijing, I find myself reflecting on how much change just one year has wrought. While much has fallen to the tender mercies of the wrecking ball, the place I'll...
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Beijing
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Chinese ReflectionsJoshua Samuel Brown - jbrown [10,407] Start I've long been fascinated with reflections, both my own (very narcissistic, I admit) and the images of buildings and nature as reflected in water. Travelling through China (especially the watery...
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