The Quanjude Restaurant, the largest roast duck restaurant in Beijing if not in the world, opened for business in 1979. Located near Hepingmen Gate (Peace Gate), it has a floor space of 15,000 ...

In a maze of hutongs in central Beijing, the Mandarin Oriental has opened its second hotel in the capital city. Some of the ...

In a dilapidated warehouse on the outskirts of the Chinese capital, businessman An Dawei inspected rows of giant fridges, ...

Here, Beijing-based historian Lars Ulrik Thom, founder of the Beijing Postcards historical tour and research company, explains how to uncover hidden hutong history. The old banks: Shijia Hutong ...

Behind every appliance is the tale of a failed Beijing restaurant, set up by those who ... as the number of dissolved catering companies touched a historic high of almost 3 million nationwide ...