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2017 Beijing Summer Music Festival Guide

From indie-folk to electronic and metal – there's a music festival for everyone.

by Dominique Wong, 08 May 2017

I Lived in a Gansu Cave House

That's Beijing's staff reporter Dominique Wong gets off the beaten path in a Gansu cave house.

by Dominique Wong, 18 August 2016

Tales of the City: Eco-burials on the Rise

Authorities promote eco-burials as the environment increasingly becomes a grave concern.

by Dominique Wong, 04 November 2015

Tales of the City: The Sanlitun Street Photographers

The snap-happy photographers have been around so long they're like a Sanlitun institution. But who are they and what are they doing with their pictures?

by Dominique Wong, 09 July 2016

The One-Child Generation Comes of Age

We speak to a range of people whose lives were touched by the one-child policy, to find out whether two (children) really will be better than one.

by Dominique Wong, 11 January 2016

Off the Market: The Aftermath of Beijing's Wholesale Market Closures

The market closures are part of the government’s attempt to clear Beijing of “big city ills” like pollution and traffic, as well as cap the population at 23 million by 2020.

by Dominique Wong, 22 June 2018

Trans in the City

We meet members of Beijing's growing transgender community struggling for understanding and acceptance

by Dominique Wong, 06 October 2015

Capturing Hebei's Vanishing Ancient Villages

Chinese photographer Cui Maoyuan captures the desolate rural landscapes in villages around Zhangjiakou in Hebei.

by Dominique Wong, 07 October 2016

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