Places What Big Cities Looked Like During The 1980s A.S. 0 Beijing, China, 1983 ‘Chang’An Avenue looking west from the Beijing Hotel roof. The hotel was, I think, the tallest building in Beijing at the time. Note the absence of any motor vehicles other than buses and police jeeps’ Photo: GuardianWitness Pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 <1 ... 34 5 67>