Problems with the Liulaogen Guildhall in Beijing

I don’t know much about this building or the problems that apparently beset it of late but I’ll add it to the blog anyway with links. There appears to be a row about a Chinese TV celebrity by the name of Zhao Benshan who’s media company is the operator of an upscale club inside the “newly renovated” Liulaogen Guildhall building in Qianmen. Reporters who often highlight architectural damage claim that the siheyuan, or courtyard, has been damaged by additional structures. The Guildhall comprises 6 siheyuan in total apparently, protected and about 280 years old.

Anyway, there’s various stories about what has or hasn’t happened here that I’ll point you too as I am not familiar with this structure of this project to a degree enough to make any form comments:

China Daily and again here

Global Times