An Article from NYT about Architectural Preservation in Beijing

The following was posted by Xiaolu Xu, one of my students and a native of Shanghai, who is studying development and historic preservation in her home city this summer; I included an image of a hutong neighborhood from the New York Times article that she cited:

With the advent of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the world is paying more attention to not only the impressive economic achievements of China, but also every facet of the city, such as the disappearance of historical architecture that once helped in defining the culture of the city. 

A recent New York Times article on this topic can be found at: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/27/arts/design/27ouro.html?_r=1&pagewanted=1&oref=slogin.