Xinhua Headlines: Past and present: 40 years of change in the lives of the Chinese people

The upper part of this combo photo taken on Dec. 18, 1994 shows Zheng Hong posing for a photo in the living room of her apartment in Beijing, capital of China. The lower part of the combo photo taken by Xing Guangli on Nov. 15, 2018 shows Zheng Hong in the same living room at her apartment in Beijing. Zheng, who is an album editor and designer, has her living room packed with the books she compiled. (Xinhua/Xing Guangli)