Cultural revolutionary

The shape of things to come Beijing has rebuilt itself faster than any city on earth, turning from a warren of alleys into a capital fit for a superpower...Here, the director of the Design Museum judges the stand-out buildings of the new era Deyan ...

An outspoken critic of the government, he has never forgiven them for sending his father into exile...It takes a long time to get anywhere in Beijing, and in our taxi, April, my translator, is getting more and more excited. 'He's like the king,' she ...

The national stadium, also known as the Bird's Nest, in Beijing, China...Bukaty/AP On a corner of the eastern extension of the Avenue of Eternal Peace, the broad, straight east-west boulevard that Mao Zedong cut through the heart of Beijing, Beijing'...