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Longtime Beijing residents recount the transformation of China over the past 3 decades

Melinda Liu moved to Beijing in 1980. She later opened Newsweek's Beijing bureau and has made Beijing her home for decades.
Here & Now's Scott Tong talks with her in a historic neighborhood about the ways China has transformed since the 1980s and the rural poverty that remains despite the modern leaps forward.
This segment aired on May 14, 2026.
