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The Chinese characters 北 ("north") and 京 ("capital") together mean the "Northern Capital". The name was first used during the reign of the Ming dynasty's Yongle Emperor, who made his northern fief a second capital, along with Nanjing (南京, the "Southern Capital"), in 1403 after successfully dethroning his nephew during the Jingnan Campaign.
during the Chinese Civil War: Taipei 台北: 10 December 1949 – Present: Established as capital following the Republic of China retreat to Taiwan: Chinese Soviet Republic People's Republic of China: Ruijin 瑞金: 7 November 1931 – 10 October 1934: Establishments of the Chinese Soviet Republic Bao'an 保安: July 1936 – January 1937
Historical Names of Beijing; Year Name Dynasty Notes c. 11th century BC City of Ji 蓟城 State of Ji (Zhou dynasty) [Note 1] c. 7th century BC State of Yan (Zhou dynasty, Warring States) 221 BC Qin [Note 2] 206 BC State of Yan [Note 3] 202 BC Han: 106 BC - 318 AD City of Ji Youzhou 幽州 Han, Wei, Western Jin (晋) [Note 4] 319 Later Zhao ...
Beijing or Peking opera is a traditional form of Chinese theater well known throughout the nation. Commonly lauded as one of the highest achievements of Chinese culture, Beijing opera is performed through a combination of song, spoken dialogue, and codified action sequences involving gestures, movement, fighting and acrobatics. Much of Beijing ...
Often the older name will persist in colloquial expressions. For example, the dish known in English as "Peking duck" retained that name even when the Chinese capital changed its transliteration to "Beijing". [citation needed]
Most major universities in China are known colloquially by an abbreviated form of their names. For example, Peking University, [note 1] whose Chinese name is "běijīng dàxué" (lit. Beijing University) is normally just referred to as "běidà", taking the first syllable of each word "běi" + "dà". The full names, which are much longer, are ...
Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum suggested Wednesday that the United States revert to a historic name for the territory, America Mexicana, in a clapback at President-elect Donald Trump’s ...
At the same time a Chinese barricade advanced to within a few feet of the American positions and it became clear that the Americans had to abandon the wall or force the Chinese to retreat. At 2:00 am on July 3 the foreigners launched an assault against the Chinese barricade on the wall with 26 British, 15 Russian and 15 Americans under the ...