The Beijing she knew is gone; in its place, the Beijing she loves
A Times reporter who returned to her homeland after 20 years in America found her city, and nation, transformed.
I was born in a Beijing that has vanished. The way my mother tells it, I forced my way into the world a month early so my birthday would forever be associated with the biggest political festival of the year. ... It was the early autumn of 1968, and as revelers shouted "Long live Chairman Mao," my parents raced to a hospital during a massive parade commemorating the birth of communist China. As my mother screamed in pain, fireworks lighted the sky over ... Full Story »
Posted by Leo Romero
