Beijing

Beijing, also known as Peking, the national capital of the People's Republic of China, is located in North China.

Beijing, the second largest city in China after Shanghai, is the cultural, political, and intellectual center of the country, as well as a major industrial and commercial metropolis. The population is 11,250,000 (1994 estimate).

Beijing consists of two older sections in the center of the city and new outlying residential, industrial, and institutional areas built mainly after 1949. The most famous older section is the Forbidden City.

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