Wrecking ball looms in old style Beijing district
Thursday, May 27, 2010 - 20:10
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Plans are afoot to turn the alleys, or hutongs, near the famed Drum and Bell Towers into an an underground mall, parking and a museum. Most residents will have to move, but their opinions vary. For 80-year-old Liu Shuhui, living out her old age in dignity means having a kitchen, a bathroom that's not outside and a bed that she doesn't have to...