Photo gallery: City life in Beijing
From factories turned into galleries to a burgeoning crop of sci-fi skyscrapers, the Chinese capital is shrugging off its dynastic past and revealing a cool side
By Giulia Marchi
Published 24 May 2019, 10:41 BST
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