- In 1421, the third Ming Emperor Yongle moved the Ming capital from Nanjing (Nanking) to the renamed Beijing (Peking) (北京), the "northern capital."
- Peking University was established in 1898. This account is dedicated to #Peking University’s global outreach and communications.
- Beijing (formerly transliterated "Peking") literally means Northern Capital, a role it has played many times in China's long history.
- If it is pronounced "Peking", or similar, that is surely a result one of the conventional pronunciation of the Kanji characters, not the name of the capital itself.
- You can’t miss visiting Tiananmen Square , Lao Beijing (old Beijing), Forbidden city , Great Wall , Temple Hoping , Silk Market , Summer Palace , and try Peking...
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- Beijing (bā-jĭng) or Peking (pē-kĭng, pā–), city and independent municipality (2021 est. pop. 20,897,000), capital of the People's Republic of China.
- In English, both "Pekin" and "Peking" remained common until the 1890s, when the Imperial Post Office adopted Peking.
- Thus the capital became “Beijing” rather than Peking, “Canton” became Guang zhou, etc. When did China change from Peking to Beijing?