What is the name of the capital city of China?

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BEIJING

capital of the most populous nation on the earth and first city of a land that has fired the global imagination , beijing is the striking metropolitan core of a country with one of the world's oldest civilisations.
for decades at the fringes of world events , beijing now finds itself positioned in the spotlight as the dynamic nucleus of a country generating staggering GDP figures. pundits talk of the 21st century as belonging to China and China itself - as everyone knows - belong to BEIJINg

sirius_black2329

The "Forbidden City" of Beijing. Yeah... Beijing, the capital of People's Republic of China. Long long time ago, it was "Peking" then became "Beiping", and later changed to its present name "Beijing". Literally, it's meaning is "North City" or "Northern Capital". I think some of the cities in China came from some literal meanings, like Shanghai, it means "On The Sea". That's all!

More Info: You know Tokyo, right, in Japan? In Japanese, "Tokyo" means "East City" or "Eastern Capital" while in China, "Beijing" means "North City" or "Northern Capital". You can see the similarity in their characters as Tokyo is in Chinese character. You can see the "jing" in Beijing and "kyo" in Tokyo being similar in their words.

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tbear

Beijing... The second largest city in the world.

SCOTLAND

Peking in the old times

Beijing in modern times

Both bear the same meaning, The Northern City

sista!

beijing, previously known as 'peking'...

water yu

Beijing

Chanel

what do you think? upon all those answers above?

mike i

Beijing is the Capital of China.

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Beijing

Cristi@n

Beijing a city in northern China, is the capital of the People's Republic of China (PRC). It was formerly known in English as Peking or Peiking [English Pronunciation]. Beijing is also one of the four municipalities of the PRC, which are equivalent to provinces in China's administrative structure. Beijing Municipality borders Hebei Province to the north, west, south, and for a small section in the east, and Tianjin Municipality to the southeast.

boardgamewidow

Beijing