Beijing

American  

[bay-jing] / ˈbeɪˈdʒɪŋ /

(Older Spelling) Peking

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.

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Beijing British  

/ ˈbeɪˈdʒɪŋ /

noun

1. Former English name: Peking. 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)

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Beijing Cultural  

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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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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Beijing

These are questions that concern not only Beijing and Seoul but also Washington, which maintains around 28,000 troops in South Korea.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

Beijing and Washington both said they had no information on a possible meeting.

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

Li Yan, a clothing seller at a wholesale market in Beijing, says she didn’t turn a profit last year, and sales are down even more this year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

Asked about this, one Saudi official said Riyadh had asked Beijing to stop helping Tehran but the Chinese simply deny doing so.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

So his parents weren’t in Beijing at all!

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer

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