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They particularly singled out the demolition of hutong;
他們單獨(dú)描述了胡同的破壞
rambling narrow lanes lined with intimate multi-family courtyard homes with tile roofs
蜿蜒的窄巷子邊排列著幾家分住的四合院屋頂上鋪著瓦
Of 7000 hutong in 1949, there were 4000 in the 1980s and since then 600 have disappeared annually
1949年北京有7000條胡同，到了80年代剩下4000條，而且在那之后，每年都有600條消失不見
Sighed writer Lao Shi whom they site: "Beijing is now indeed a concrete forest"
他們引用了作家老舍的話"北京現(xiàn)在真是個(gè)水泥森林"
Cultural studies scholar Adam Chau believes that for the Chinese parties state, demolition is really a celebration of modernity and modernization;
文化研究學(xué)者周越認(rèn)為，對(duì)于這樣一個(gè)一黨執(zhí)政的國(guó)家，拆除工作其實(shí)是對(duì)現(xiàn)代和現(xiàn)代化的一種慶祝
a carnival of bulldozers, sledgehammers, pickaxes, pneumatic hammers, wrecking balls, explosives, cranes,
是一個(gè)嘉年華，參加的有推土機(jī)，錘子，鶴嘴鋤，氣錘，破碎球，炸藥，吊車
clumps of bricks and mortar, half standing walls, abandoned furniture and mounds of rubble
磚頭和灰泥塊，半立的墻，還有被丟掉的家具，和成堆的碎石
Chau judges official corruption to be legion in connection with urban renewal
周先生評(píng)判說，官員腐敗和城市更新有莫大的關(guān)聯(lián)
as developers bribe officials in order to purchase development rights in the choicest districts
開放商賄賂官員，為的是能搶占最佳地段的開發(fā)權(quán)
while protests by homeowners and renters were but "feeble and pathetic attempts of resistance that amounted to nothing but empty signs."
然而房主和租客的抗議僅僅是"微弱和可悲的對(duì)抵抗的嘗試，效果僅止于空洞的標(biāo)語(yǔ)"
Even though public outrage at the destruction of precious heritage buildings and neighborhoods has mounted over time,
盡管公眾的憤怒，對(duì)破壞珍貴遺產(chǎn)建筑以及文化遺產(chǎn)街區(qū)的行為的公憤日益增長(zhǎng)
Beijing residents have acquiesced to what they see as the inevitability of change and progress
但是北京居民已經(jīng)默許，認(rèn)為這是變化和發(fā)展不得不經(jīng)歷過程
