From the hutong to high politics: a Beijing driver’s journey

Over 24 years at the FT, Liu Chaowei has enjoyed a front-seat view of changing China. In Beijing's Financial Times bureau, one man has witnessed all 24 years of its history, all from the driver's seat. Yuan Yang writing in the Financial Times, profiles the bureau's driver, from his upbringing in Beijing's maze-like alleys to a career mediating between the journalists and the city.