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French woman with Beijing hutong
French woman Hua Xinmin admires the fine stone carving above the gate of an old folk house in Beijin. Born in a lane in Beijing 48 years ago and as a foreign national of some Chinese blood lineage, she loves hutong (lanes). She has devoted herself to the protection of lanes in the Chinese capital since 1998. Her everyday work is to investigate those courtyards that shoud be protected, or have been demolished as well as those that are being dismantled, and then forward the information to the government and cultural relics sector for the protection of hutong.
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