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Beijing
[ bey-jing ]
noun
- a city in and the capital of the People's Republic of China, in the northeastern part, in central Hebei province: traditional capital of China.
Beijing
/ ˈɪˈɪŋ /
noun
- the capital of the People's Republic of China, in the northeast in Beijing municipality (traditionally in Hebei province); the country's second largest city: dates back to the 12th century bc ; consists of two central walled cities, the Outer City (containing the commercial quarter) and the Inner City, which contains the Imperial City, within which is the Purple or Forbidden City; many universities. Pop: 10 849 000 (2005 est) Former English namePeking
Beijing
- Capital of the People's Republic of China , located in the northeast region of the country. It is the second-largest city of China (after Shanghai ) and the political, cultural, financial, educational, and transportation center of the country. The West knew it for many years as Peking .
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He added, however, that he had no plans to speak with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping this week - despite previous reports that Washington had approached Beijing about holding trade talks.
Another sign of encouragement for investors was Beijing's announcement on Friday that it was considering an offer from Washington to hold trade talks with the US.
On Friday morning, a spokesperson for China's ministry of commerce announced that Beijing was assessing the possibility of tariff negotiations with the United States.
Beijing then imposed more export controls on rare earth minerals as part of an escalating trade war with the US, sparked by Trump's announcement of sweeping tariffs in April.
And US President Donald Trump has made it clear that he blames Beijing in particular for cornering too much of the global market.
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