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Modern-day China has been enjoying an economic boom. In view of this historic development, the city of Peking has been undergoing a transformation in order to host the Olympic Games in 2008. Chinese authorities are bulldozing entire quarters of the old city to make way for supermarkets and luxury hotels. Vestiges of a rich, tormented past, the small streets of the old city – the “hutongs” - have fallen prey to real estate promoters. The last inhabitants testify to the methods used by the government to make them leave. The entire city has become one big building site. Construction workers toil day and night and buildings are growing like a bamboo forest. There is no serious regulating of the height of towers, limited to 20 floors in mid-town, or the demolished zones, which are often former protected areas, and there is even less concern about the architectural heritage.

France - 2003 - 52 mn - Betacam Digital - Colour

Director Bernard Louargant Camera Hu Jichao, Bernard Louargant Sound Zhang Xin Li Editing Bernard Louargant

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