%0 Video %E Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm) %E Infobase. %E Tele Images Creations (Firm) %I Infobase %D 2006 %C New York, N.Y. %G English %B Capitals of tradition, cities of change. %T Hutong alleyways of change in contemporary Beijing %X As Beijing prepares for the 2008 Olympics, most of the hutong-the city's small traditional dwellings and the network of lanes and alleys formed by them-are being demolished to make room for skyscrapers. This program explores social and cultural changes in historical Beijing, as seen in the life of a few ordinary citizens who still live in the hutong. The program includes computer models of the designing of ancient Beijing City.