Life in the hutongs Beijing - China

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The hutongs are the old quarters in Beijing. Most of them have been destroyed to build giant buildings, but many remain, and are really interesting to visit. The chinese governement has well understood that tourist like this old style chinese living, and now, start to destroy hutongs to rebuild them, and to put touristic shops! Like in Lijiang, Yunnan!
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Beijing ( /beɪˈdʒɪŋ/; Chinese: 北京; pinyin: Běijīng, [peɪ˨˩ t͡ɕiŋ˥]), formerly romanized as Peking ( /piːˈkɪŋ/ or /peɪˈkɪŋ/), is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The metropolis, located in northern China, is governed as a direct-controlled municipality under the national government, with 14 urban and suburban districts and two rural counties. Beijing Municipality is surrounded by Hebei Province with the exception of neighboring Tianjin Municipality to the southeast.

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