What's in a name, anyway? Why the Forbidden City isn't so purple after all.
2017 Year in Review: Beijing's Changing Urban Landscape and a Few Predictions for the Coming Year
Dangerous Benevolence
Imperial-Era Tombs Discovered on Site of New Beijing Mega-Airport
Postcards From Dashilan: Retracing the Development of Beijing’s Former Commercial Hub
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.