The chimney, which hasn’t been in use since 2009, stands near the Tianning Pagoda. Beijing's Coarse Grains Family restaurant serves up rustic fare and memorabilia from the Mao era. “We were struggling for the country!”Beijing's Coarse Grains Family restaurant serves up rustic fare and memorabilia from the Mao era. Photo: Te-Ping Chen/The Wall Street JournalAcross town, Huo Chunlong of Tsinghua University’s Architectural Design and Research Institute, shakes his head at the idea. In a city packed with de rigueur destinations like Tiananmen Square and the Great Wall, it sees only a slow trickle of tourists.

Source: Wall Street Journal December 25, 2017 19:18 UTC