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Beijing
(Older Spelling)
[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
Former English name: Peking.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)
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.
Example Sentences
They will want to make explicit that there is a trade-off between putting America First and taking on Beijing.
"There's this phrase you hear occasionally, that the danger is on our doorstep. Well, it's a big doorstep if that is true… Beijing is closer to Berlin than it is to Sydney."
Beijing insists that the state must approve the appointment of bishops in China, running contrary to the Catholic Church's insistence that it is a papal decision.
The security alliance has repeatedly drawn criticism from China, with Beijing's foreign ministry saying it risked creating an arms race.
Last month, Washington and Beijing agreed a temporary truce over trade tariffs but each country has since accused the other of breaching the deal.
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