Swede Jojje Olsson (left) and native Beijinger Hou Lei in a hutong. The pair are collaborating on book they hope will help save these remnants of the old city. Photo: Simon Song Swede Jojje Olsson (left) and native Beijinger Hou Lei in a hutong. The pair are collaborating on book they hope will help save these remnants of the old city. Photo: Simon Song
Swede Jojje Olsson (left) and native Beijinger Hou Lei in a hutong. The pair are collaborating on book they hope will help save these remnants of the old city. Photo: Simon Song
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Hou Lei and Jojje Olsson document Beijing's vanishing hutongs

Beijing pair document the vanishing hutongs, which they see as relics of a more human city

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Danny Lee
Danny Lee

Updated: 6:48am, 25 Aug, 2013

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Swede Jojje Olsson (left) and native Beijinger Hou Lei in a hutong. The pair are collaborating on book they hope will help save these remnants of the old city. Photo: Simon Song Swede Jojje Olsson (left) and native Beijinger Hou Lei in a hutong. The pair are collaborating on book they hope will help save these remnants of the old city. Photo: Simon Song
Swede Jojje Olsson (left) and native Beijinger Hou Lei in a hutong. The pair are collaborating on book they hope will help save these remnants of the old city. Photo: Simon Song
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