Beijing has seen a lot of changes this year, but is this something new? Beijing has always been in a state of flux.
Peter Parker in Canton
The Beijing Migrants Crackdown: A ChinaFile Conversation
Since mid-November, police and security officials have evicted tens of thousands of migrants from their apartments, and pictures of the newly homeless from all across China sitting outside in the Beijing winter have spread widely on social media. Why did the city government take this step? And what does this mean for the rights of China’s so-called “low-end population”?
Voices from the Past: Child Abuse and Suppressed Rumors, Then and Now
How to Avoid Getting Evicted in the Latest Round of Housing Demolitions
The forced eviction of some of Beijing’s most vulnerable residents has sparked a backlash with even Chinese state media offering (albeit tepid) criticism of the city’s handling of this latest round of “urban renewal.”
But it’s not just Beijing’s poor and migrant communities which are being affected. Many international residents are feeling the pinch as well.
A Tale of Two Tragedies
Above the Law? Extraterritoriality and the Gucci 3
Making History
Changing the Guard
Will Beijing Enforce the New Restrictions on Traffic and Parking in the Hutongs?
Overheard at the Forbidden City…
Guardians of the Past: The Diaolou of Guangdong
Double Ninth Day: Spend Today in the Mountains or With Your Elders (Or Both)
In Chinese numerology, the number nine is associated with the principal of Yang, the masculine complement of Yin in the Yin/Yang system. Today is the ninth day of the ninth month in the Lunar-Solar calendar (hence the name “Double Yang/Double Brightness”). While Yang is generally considered a good thing, too much of anything can throw a system out of balance. When systems are out of balance, as the 84-year-old auntie who lives on your hutong will remind you every day this winter, people get sick.
