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Beijing

From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Capital of China ; parts of the northeast municipal boundary coincide with sections of the Great Wall of China ; population (2002 est) 7,699,300. The municipality of Beijing has an area of 17,800 sq km/6,871 sq mi and a population (2005) of 14,930,000. Industries include engineering and the production of steel, motor vehicles, textiles, and petrochemicals; the city is also a major centre of printing and publishing. Features Tiananmen Gate (Gate of Heavenly Peace) and Tiananmen Square (in 1989 the site of student protest violently suppressed by the army); the Forbidden City (the Imperial Palace known as the Gu Gong ), built between 1406 and 1420 by the Ming emperor Yong Le; the Great Hall of the People (1959), seat of the National People's Congress; the Museum of China's History and Revolution; the Chairman Mao Memorial Hall (1977); the Summer Palace built by the Empress Dowager Ci Xi (damaged by European powers in 1900, but restored in 1903 and after 1949); the Old Summer Palace…
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From Philip's Encyclopedia
(Peking) Capital of the People's Republic of China , on a vast plain between the Pei and Hun rivers, NE China. A settlement since c .1000 bc Beijing served as China's capital from 1421 to 1911. After the establishment of the Chinese Republic (1911-12), Beijing remained the political centre of China. …
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From The Columbia Encyclopedia
(bā-jĭng) or Peking (pē-kĭng, pā–), city and independent municipality (2010 pop. 19,612,368), capital of the People's Republic of China. It is in central Hebei prov., but constitutes an independent unit (6,564 sq mi/17,000 sq km) administered directly by the national government. The second largest…
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From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Capital of China ; parts of the northeast municipal boundary coincide with sections of the Great Wall of China ; population (2002 est) 7,699,300. The municipality of Beijing has an area of 17,800 sq km/6,871 sq mi and a population (2005) of 14,930,000. Industries include engineering and the…
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From Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
The Tiananmen (“Gate of Heavenly Peace”) at the...
City, municipality with provincial status (pop., 2003 est.: city, 7,699,300; 2007 est.: municipality, 15,810,000), and capital of China . The municipality is bordered by Hebei province and Tianjin municipality and has an area of 6,500 sq mi (16,800 sq km). Lying on a broad plain in northeastern…
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From Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary
City, ✽ of China, in an extensive plain of NE China; constitutes a special administrative unit (3386 sq. mi. or 8770 sq. km.); pop. (2000e) 6,997,000; administrative, cultural, and educational center of China; engineering; produces textiles, machinery, and petrochemicals; numerous educational…
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From Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedias in Social Sciences: The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Urban and Regional Studies
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Beijing, China’s capital city, has one of the most important housing markets in China. Since 1979 the central government has vigorously promoted the sale of public sector housing to existing tenants at reduced cost in order to strengthen the role of the real estate sector and make it an effective…
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Full text Article Beijing Spring

From Encyclopedia of Chinese-American Relations
Beijing Spring is the name given to a burst of intellectual freedom and political liberalization in the People's Republic of China. There have been several periods in recent history that have been labeled as Beijing Spring, perhaps derived from the infamous Prague Spring in 1968. An earlier period…
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From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
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Full text Article Beijing Opera Festival

From Cultural Studies: Holidays Around the World
The traditional form of theatre known as Beijing Opera, or Peking Opera, is a national treasure in China. The Beijing Opera Festival is the country's most recognized event featuring this dramatic genre, which distinguishes itself from other opera styles with its elaborate costumes and martial arts…
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13.5. Plan of Ming-Qing Beijing showing three...
Beijing is a city known for, defined by, and identified by its walls and the Forbidden City, and intensely tied to politics for much of its history. A challenge to any discussion of Ming or Qing Beijing is that so much has been rebuilt or restored so many times. Buildings may be discussed in the…
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