Here, Beijing-based historian Lars Ulrik Thom ... such as Mao’er, comprise classic hutong-style neighborhoods. You will notice that some of the mendun — small stone structures outside these ...

There is also the question of history. In Beijing's narrow alleys -- or hutongs -- where Peter's home is located, residents look upon their neighborhoods with pride, an aesthetic dating as far ...

Beijing's best known hutongs are of three ... Lumicang (Salary Rice Granary) Hutongs, in the neighborhood of today' s Nanxiao Street, is the site of the former nine imperial granaries of the ...

The project aims to revitalise Beijing's old hutong neighborhoods that have been confronted with degradation and demolition due to rapid development. The studio explained that urban reactivation ...

Editor's note: "Beijing Journal" is an occasional series ... changes -- traditional courtyard houses that once lined up these hutongs, or alleys, now in different stages of being knocked down.

That central party zone for moneyed Chinese youth is part of the intrigue of modern-day Beijing. But for many of its 22 million residents, the true spirit of the city runs through its hutongs ...

In a maze of hutongs in central Beijing, the Mandarin Oriental has opened its second hotel in the capital city. Some of the residential courtyards that make up these small alleys have been ...

The project aims to revitalise Beijing's old hutong neighborhoods that have been confronted with degradation and demolition due to rapid development. The studio explained that urban reactivation ...