People at a hutong in Beijing. Although Beijing is making incredibly fast forays into modernization, the true heartbeat of this ancient city still resides in its hutongs, which are today hidden behind ...

A Chinese man in a Hutong in Beijing, China. In our last column we discussed the “Brooklynization” of Beijing’s hutong neighborhoods, a process that shows parallels with areas like Bushwick. Here ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Special correspondent Joanne Yao, a freelance writer based in China, is reporting from Beijing throughout the Olympics. The residents of ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

A woman walks through a hutong in Beijing. There’s an element of truth to each. Wang Ruishu, a native Beijinger who recently graduated from Parsons, grew up in a hutong two miles southeast of Mao’s ...

Traditional hutongs, or narrow streets, are known in Beijing for being peaceful and nostalgic. But the 700-year-old hutong Nanluoguxiang has become a tourist trap that could pose a safety threat, the ...

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Wednesday wrapped up his official visit to China, the fourth in four years, during ...

In Beijing’s old hutong districts, residents such as Ma Peizeng and his wife have built modest lives in tiny spaces.