Beijing and Peiping

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Beijing noun - Capital of the People's Republic of China in the Hebei province in northeastern China; 2nd largest Chinese city.

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Peiping and Beijing are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Peiping" instead a noun "Beijing".

Peiping noun - Capital of the People's Republic of China in the Hebei province in northeastern China; 2nd largest Chinese city.

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Beijing and Peiping are semantically related. You can use "Beijing" instead a noun "Peiping".

After the fall of the Qing Dynasty, Peking ("Northern Capital") became Peiping ("Northern Peace", "Beiping" in modern Pinyin), since the Chinese capital was moved to Nanjing/Nanking ("Southern Capital"), until the PRC was declared in 1949, with Beijing/Peking as the capital again.

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