| • China’s premier architectural historians didn’t earn their distinction easily. |
| In the 1930s, the husband and wife team of Lin Huiyin and Liang Sicheng traveled to the most remote and difficult corners of China to survey and preserve ancient buildings. |
| Ms. Lin’s niece, the architect Maya Lin, said, “If it weren’t for them, we would have no record of so many ancient Chinese styles, which simply disappeared.” |
| Developers in Beijing were more concerned with progress. In 2012, under cover of night, they demolished the house where the couple had lived. |
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