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  2. Names of Beijing - Wikipedia

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    In English, both "Pekin" and "Peking" remained common until the 1890s, when the Imperial Post Office adopted Peking. [5] Beginning in 1979, the PRC government encouraged use of pinyin. The New York Times adopted "Beijing" in 1986, [6] with all major American media soon following. Elsewhere in the Anglosphere, the BBC switched in 1990. [7] "

  3. Beijing - Wikipedia

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    Sliced Peking duck served with traditional condiments. Beijing cuisine is the local style of cooking. Peking duck is perhaps the best known dish. Fuling jiabing, a traditional Beijing snack food, is a pancake (bing) resembling a flat disk with a filling made from fu ling, a fungus used in traditional Chinese medicine. Teahouses are also common ...

  4. List of city nicknames in China - Wikipedia

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    A City Called Spring 一座叫春的城市: 一座叫春的城市: Yīzuò jiào chūnde chéngshì [1] Beijing: Patriotism, Innovation, Inclusiveness and Virtue 爱国、创新、包容、厚德: 愛國、創新、包容、厚德: àiguó, chuàngxīn, bāoróng, hòudé [1] Shanghai (none) Wonderful everyday 精彩每一天: 精彩每一天

  5. Peking (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Peking is an alternate and mostly obsolete romanization of Beijing, the capital city of the People's Republic of China. Peking may also refer to: Peking, a 1911 German square-rigged sailing ship launched; 2045 Peking, an asteroid named for the city; Local nickname of the Swedish town Norrköping

  6. Geographical renaming - Wikipedia

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    Originally called Petre, now known dually as Wanganui and Whanganui. Wrocław – in German Breslau, when part of Germany, until 1945. Xi'an – Usually spelt Sian until the 1980s. Formerly Chang'an (長安), the ancient name for the city when it was the capital of China until the name was changed to Xi'an in the Ming dynasty.

  7. Peking Man - Wikipedia

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    Peking Man (Homo erectus pekinensis) is a subspecies of H. erectus which inhabited what is now northern China during the Middle Pleistocene.Its fossils have been found in a cave some 50 km (31 mi) southwest of Beijing (then referred to in the West as Peking), known as the Zhoukoudian Peking Man Site.

  8. Feeling royal? This is my new favorite Peking duck in L.A. - AOL

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    Peking duck even played a role in global politics, with Chinese Premier Chou En-lai serving the dish to Henry Kissinger in the 1970s. Read more: The best places to eat in Las Vegas right now

  9. History of Beijing - Wikipedia

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    They are now known as the six seas ("hai") of central Beijing: Houhai, Qianhai, and Xihai (the Rear, Front, and Western Seas) which are collectively known as Shichahai; Beihai (the North Sea); and Zhonghai and Nanhai which are collectively known as Zhongnanhai. Qionghua Island is now the island in Beihai Park on which the White Dagoba stands.