Normally when you walk through a gate in a hutong in Beijing, you have a courtyard with ... and famous writers such as Lu Xun would often come to the area; now Soloist Coffee is a nice place ...

Watch Meyer show one of Beijing's old hutong areas » The destruction of ... in the world," he added in the e-mail. The Qianmen area, particularly southeast of the Qianmen gate -- home to Dashilar ...

Explore the vibrant city with this detailed 3-day to 5-day Beijing itinerary, from the iconic Forbidden City to the ...

Beijing's best known hutongs are of three ... Zhejing Province to the capital and stored in Lumicang District. Hutongs in the area took on the names of the various granaries, names that have ...

Some translate hutongs as "small alleys," but that conjures up images of forgotten, lifeless spaces between city skyscrapers, choked with cardboard boxes and lost pets. Beijing's hutongs are the ...

The reception area once you’re inside is tastefully ... to become a central feature of the decor. The buildings in Beijing’s hutongs are protected and cannot be built upwards, so every part ...

Indeed, you could spend your whole trip — and most of your annual salary — having a blast in the area ... spitting in Beijing) of the latest hipster coffee shop. Often the hutongs are clustere ...

On the way from Wudaoying Hutong to Fangjia Hutong, we passed by Jianchang Hutong, a residential area in the process of “tengtui 腾退” (vacate from government-owned properties with compensation). Photo: ...