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A fascination with Beijing that started over thirty years ago

By Bruce Connolly | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2019-02-28 16:37
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Fun in a park. Refreshing summer melons. Beijing 1987 [Photo by Bruce Connolly/chinadaily.com.cn]

Although modern buildings were rising with the city's growth, roads carried many cyclists and carts, some even then still pulled by horses. Indeed it was often said that Beijing had the 'quietest rush hour in the world' with little motorized transport. People lined up for buses heading downtown.

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