102 year-old 
Chinese woman 
who had lived her entire life 
in the same mud house,
which stood behind the Beijing Hotel.

She spoke of 
living through the 
rule of China's last Emperor,
the Boxer Rebellion,
two World Wars 
and the Communist Party's 
rise to power.

She was afraid her home 
was going to be torn down 
because the hotel 
was expanding.