A new Beijing café and bakery adjacent to the city’s White Pagoda Temple is one of many new ventures among large-scale urban renewal plans for the city’s Xicheng District. Known as a hub of the ...

On one street, though, is a departure: A pagoda rises between a bungalow and foursquare, signaling a distinctive Asian-style home accented with ceramic tiles, pine wood-style Azek trim and bamboo ...