Last Days of Old Beijing - Author Michael Meyer

Author Michael Meyer discusses his first book The Last Days of Old Beijing, detailing the capital city's oldest neighborhood and the transformations that took place in preparation for the 2008 Olympic Games.

Author Michael Meyer discusses his book "The Last Days of Old Beijing," detailing the city's oldest hutong neighborhood and its inhabitants as it was transformed in preparation for the 2008 Olympic Games. The video includes a presentation with diagrams, maps and photographs of the neighborhoods, streets and inhabitants described in the book. This program of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations took place on May 19, 2011 in New York.

The National Committee on U.S.-China Relations is the leading nonprofit nonpartisan organization that encourages understanding of China and the United States among citizens of both countries.

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