BEIJING—After two years of ferrying thousands of meals across the capital on his moped for Chinese food-delivery startups, Li Xiaolong was rushing to leave the city Wednesday rather than face the eviction crews that come knocking on doors around him each night. Mr. Li, 29 years old, is one of thousands of workers clearing out of Beijing’s poorer neighborhoods this week, in the latest and more brutal phase of the city’s campaign to revamp itself as a sleeker capital with fewer people.

Source: Wall Street Journal November 29, 2017 13:34 UTC