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Beijing

[ bey-jing ]

noun

Pinyin.
  1. a city in and the capital of the People's Republic of China, in the northeastern part, in central Hebei province: traditional capital of China.


Beijing

/ ˈɪˈɪŋ /

noun

  1. the capital of the People's Republic of China, in the northeast in Beijing municipality (traditionally in Hebei province); the country's second largest city: dates back to the 12th century bc ; consists of two central walled cities, the Outer City (containing the commercial quarter) and the Inner City, which contains the Imperial City, within which is the Purple or Forbidden City; many universities. Pop: 10 849 000 (2005 est) Former English namePeking
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Beijing

  1. Capital of the People's Republic of China , located in the northeast region of the country. It is the second-largest city of China (after Shanghai ) and the political, cultural, financial, educational, and transportation center of the country. The West knew it for many years as Peking .
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Notes

Site of Tiananmen Square , where communist leaders suppressed a democratic protest in June 1989.
The Forbidden City, within the inner or Tatar City, was the residence of the emperor of China.
In 1949, the Chinese communists declared Beijing the capital of the People's Republic of China.
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China is not behaving like a nation facing the prospect of economic pain and President Xi Jinping has made it clear that Beijing will not back down.

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Nestled beneath China's wide rump, it is once again on the frontline in a new American battle –which hopes to stem Beijing's rise as an economic superpower.

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Hundreds of thousands took to the streets in a months-long standoff against Beijing.

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Beijing's foreign ministry said in a statement to AFP on Sunday that three Chinese victims were in a "stable" condition and that it had received no further reports of casualties.

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Beijing has backed its expansive claims with island-building and naval patrols.

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