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\nThe Christian Science Monitor writes about the families facing the demolition of their homes <\/a>in Beijing’s historic Dongsi Batiao neighborhood:\n<\/p>\n

\n\"P6B\"<\/a>The conflicting interests of renters crammed into slumlike corners of the old yards on one hand, and owner-occupiers seeking to protect their patrimony on the other, makes a common front unlikely among the 90 families facing eviction from Dongsi Batiao street.<\/p>\n

But if recent experience in Beijing’s 600-year-old hutongs is any guide, neither side can expect much satisfaction from the developer who wants to raze their homes. [Full text]<\/a>
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<\/span>Also related see “History reduced to rubble<\/a>” from New Statesman magazine, and the Old Beijing website<\/a> which is dedicated to preservation of the city. Jottings from the Granite Studio also has a post <\/a>on this subject.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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