The hutong has not been bricked up or lost its ... strong forces within the Party wished to open a window to the world and reverse these policies. The 17-story building was almost a statement ...

Unlike most tours that have you learn about new place by looking at it through a bus window, the hutong tours bring you right into people's lives. Even the Lonely Planet, the most anti-tour group ...

How many hutongs are there in Beijing? Old local residents have a saying: "There are 360 large hutongs and as many small hutongs as there are hairs on an ox." Laid out in a chessboard pattern ...

"They highlight the delicacy of doors and windows. In hutong, these are few, discreet, and defensive. But every opening that allows a gaze or a passerby becomes enriched with colors, patterns and ...

Beijing-based videographer and photographer Jonah Kessel recently spoke with us regarding the series of documentary videos he and journalist Kit Gillet produced about the destruction of Beijing's ...