Disappearing Beijing: Finding Local Culture in a City of Migrants
Things tend to disappear in Beijing. Long-term residents regularly speak of the death of old Beijing - the lost Hutong alleyways, the disappearing bicycles, the much less sketchy concert venues. Restaurants, bars and businesses open and close at a frantic pace, entire parts of the city can be destroyed and built again in a few years. Beijingers conspire to share their favorite “hidden places,” where they can still enjoy what they love about the city before it becomes popular or is redeveloped.