US-China Comedy Center: 65 Xiaojingchang Hutong, "Project Pengyou" Courtyard.

中美喜剧中心：小经厂胡同65号“朋友”四合院。

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When the People's Republic of China was founded in 1949, there were more than 3,000 hutong. Most of the city's population lived in this traditional housing.

1949年新中国成立的时候，北京有大约3000多条胡同，大多数城市居民都住在这些传统的胡同之中。

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Some, like Beijing-based designer Mi Qiu, believe China ought to preserve more of its traditional housing forms like the centuries-old villages and hutong--neighborhoods traversed by narrow, winding alleys.

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