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Beijing or peking what is the difference

Another Chinese city similarly named is NanJing, meaning south capital. At times in history, the capital was declared to be NanJing rather than BeiJing, according to whether the then current powerbase lay to the north or south of China. Emperor Wu was the first to declare the site of Beijing as the capital in 1057 […]

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