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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

/ ˈ²ú±ðɪˈ»åÏôɪŋ /

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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Beijing doesn't seem too worried about looking elsewhere for more chicken, pork and sorghum and – at the same time – it knows it is whacking the US president right in his heartland.

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Trump is slapping more that 50% tariffs on Beijing when you add it all up.

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Beijing's countermeasures will also hurt US companies trying to reach the massive Chinese market.

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As US President Donald Trump laid out tariffs on virtually every one of America's trading partners on Wednesday, he had strong words for Beijing.

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