This is slightly relevant and slightly irrelevant. Here is a documentary type film I made as a project for school. Essentially I interviewed a couple of locals about what makes life in Beijing difficult, and interestingly enough – none of them were from Beijing. They were all migrants from other places in China, so whether or not they truly are locals depends on if you’re an expat or not. Also quite interesting was the fact that many people were fearful of being on film to talk about life in Beijing, even if it was for a teenager’s school project. There isn’t a lot of specific and groundbreaking information, but this was eye opening to me in terms of the effect of oppression and censorship on the locals as I was creating the documentary.
Check it out, it’s only 4 minutes long!
** Apologies for the quality, it suffers a little on youtube for some reason.
Teen in the Jing 