1.   The rooms are lit by windows on the exterior and in the courtyard walls and the rooms themselves are laid out much as in a modern flat.

2.   Murals are painted on a couple of the courtyard walls.

3.   So far, only the courtyard wall facing North Ocean Boulevard is formally designated as a landmark.

4.   Parts of the courtyard wall have been gouged out by gunfire.

5.   The killing was unusual since the homes of most top Chinese officials are usually well guarded and hidden behind tall courtyard walls.

6.   Thirty-seven students who were exercising outdoors were buried when the school courtyard wall collapsed, the newspaper said.