Chronicling the modern history of Beijing’s apartment buildings on camera
One autumn day in 2022, as I took a walk through Beijing, a high-rise apartment block caught my eye. I paused for a few minutes to admire it and snapped some shots with my camera. After I got home, I examined the architecture in the photos closely. It felt like all the various details of the building were competing to tell different stories.
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Born in 1988, Li Xiao is a photographer and graphic designer based in Beijing.
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Liu Jue is the co-managing editor of The World of Chinese Magazine. She has a Master of Arts in Communication from Middle Tennessee State University, and a Bachelor of Arts from Minzu University. She has been working for TWOC since 2012. She is interested in covering history, traditional culture, and Chinese language.
