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" ... By mid-February, most residential communities in Beijing were sealed off. My home, nestled in one of the traditional alleyways in central Beijing – the hutongs– was also subject to restrictions. Our neighborhood committee, the most local level of the Communist Party, gave my partner and me small blue resident cards, which we were instructed to carry with us at all times. All entrances to the hutongs from the main streets were cordoned off, and volunteers donning red armbands checked passers-by’s temperatures and resident cards. Around 10:30 every night, the gate to the courtyard we share with a handful of other families was shut. ... "
" ... For a taste of Old Beijing, head towards the center of the city to Nanluoguxiang, a neighborhood of narrow alleys, or hutongs, built during the Yuan Dynasty. Now it's a bustling tourist destination lined with boutiques, restaurants, bars and shops selling souvenirs, traditional handicrafts and regional snacks. In between, there are historic homes and temples, making for a vibrant juxtaposition of the ancient and contemporary. ... "
" ... In today’s WeChat world, when navigating through a city like Beijing, you can crisscross along a pathway into China’s past and present. Laid out centuries ago during the Ming and Qing dynasty eras (1368-1912), the hutongs represent traditional life in China. Fast forward to a day in the life in 2020 and streets are bustling with a new kind of invisible network, all through WeChat. In WeChat you can locate, order and pay for your meal simultaneously without any verbal communication. ... "
" ... It is an old story that the breakneck pace of urban development in China has led to the destruction of dozens of historic city centers. The most famous case is the razing of the vast network of hutongs in Beijing, but few cities have avoided China’s development fever. Kunming, a “tier-2” city of 6.4 million and the capital of China’s southern Yunnan province, is no exception. In 1995, the vast majority of Kunming’s ancient walled city, a 4 km2 zone of wagon alleys and old wooden homes, was intact. Now 85 percent of that is gone, replaced with an ultra-modern downtown of high-rise hotels, shopping malls, and office buildings. ... "