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12345 Hotline: Beijing's modern Bell and Drum Towers

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When they were first built, the best part of a millennium ago, Beijing's Bell and Drum Towers were an important means of top-down public communication. Now that Beijing's 12345 hotline has been set up, it acts as a modern iteration of the Bell and Drum Towers of old Beijing, facilitating bottom-up dialogues.

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