NPR People: Louisa Lim
Based in Beijing, NPR foreign correspondent Louisa Lim finds China a hugely diverse, vibrant, fascinating place. Lim opened NPR's Shanghai bureau in February 2006.
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China's Demolition Derby Turns History Into Rubble
February 8, 2012, 5:05 PM
(Louisa Lim / NPR)
Historic buildings in Beijing are being demolished in the pursuit of quick profit. Even the home of the architect who urged Mao Zedong to preserve Beijing's old city has fallen to the wreckers' ball, sparking considerable outrage. And the epidemic of destruction is spreading to new buildings, too.
