The old banks: Shijia Hutong “This ... Normally when you walk through a gate in a hutong in Beijing, you have a courtyard with one big house and then smaller houses on the side, but some gates ...

F.O.G. Architecture has turned a courtyard house in Beijing into a flagship store for ... The 500-square-metre store occupies a 280-year-old courtyard house that is known in the region.

Foreigners who intend to buy a house in Beijing need a certificate issued by the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau to prove that they have stayed in China for at least one year for reasons ...