Crossword clues for beijing
beijing
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Chinese capital, from bei "north" + jing "capital" (as opposed to Nanking, literally "southern capital").
Wikipedia
Beijing, formerly romanized as Peking, is the capital of the People's Republic of China and the world's third most populous city proper. The city, located in northern China, is governed as a direct-controlled municipality under the national government with 16 urban, suburban, and rural districts. Beijing Municipality is surrounded by Hebei Province with the exception of neighboring Tianjin Municipality to the southeast; together the three divisions form the Jingjinji metropolitan region and the national capital region of China.
Beijing is the second largest Chinese city by urban population after Shanghai and is the nation's political, cultural, and educational center. It is home to the headquarters of most of China's largest state-owned companies, and is a major hub for the national highway, expressway, railway, and high-speed rail networks. The Beijing Capital International Airport is the second busiest in the world by passenger traffic.
The city's history dates back three millennia. As the last of the Four Great Ancient Capitals of China, Beijing has been the political center of the country for much of the past eight centuries. The city is renowned for its opulent palaces, temples, parks, gardens, tombs, walls and gates, and its art treasures and universities have made it a center of culture and art in China. Encyclopædia Britannica notes that "few cities in the world have served for so long as the political headquarters and cultural centre of an area as immense as China." Beijing has seven UNESCO World Heritage Sites – the Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven, Summer Palace, Ming Tombs, Zhoukoudian, as well as parts of the Great Wall and the Grand Canal. Beijing hosted the 2008 Summer Olympics and was chosen to host the 2022 Winter Olympics, which will make it the first city to ever host both events.
Beijing, literally northern capital in Chinese may refer to the modern city of Beijing, the capital of the People's Republic of China, or any of several other Northern Capitals in Chinese history including:
- Beijing of the Western Jin Dynasty at Ye (modern-day Linzhang, Hebei Province),
- Beijing of the Liu Song Dynasty at Jiankang (modern-day Nanjing, Jiangsu Province),
- Beijing of the Liu Song Dynasty at Jingkou (modern-day Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province,
- Beijing of the Northern Wei Dynasty at Pingcheng (modern-day Taiyuan, Shanxi Province,
- Beijing Taiyuanfu of the Tang, Later Tang, Later Jin and Later Han Dynasties in present-day Taiyuan, Shanxi Province,
- Beijing Damingfu of the Northern Song Dynasty in present-day Daming County, Hebei Province,
- Beijing Linhenglu of the Jin dynasty (1115–1234) in present-day Baarin Left Banner, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region,
- Beijing Dadingfu of the Jin dynasty (1115–1234) in present-day Ningcheng County, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, and
- Beijing Kaifengfu of the early Ming Dynasty in present-day Kaifeng, Henan Province.
as well as products named after the modern city of Beijing, including:
- Beijing locomotive
- Beijing 1, aircraft
Beijing also is the alternative name of Government of China.
Usage examples of "beijing".
By the time the Russian leader, his wife and entourage appeared, Nicky, Arch, Jimmy and Luke were well ensconced in the Beijing Hotel, along with over one thousand foreign correspondents from every country in the world.
Wherever people survived, in shadowy remnants of cities called Khartoum and Chicago and Beijing, the Citizens smiled with controlled joy at the sky.
I want to investigate the possibilities of setting up an American division of Lachlan Industries in Beijing.
Beijing, no displeasure is expressed when the regimes in Algeria and Tunisia take similar, if not harsher, steps against their citizens.
Her suite was on the fourteenth floor of the Beijing Hotel, overlooking Changan Avenue, also known as the Avenue of Eternal Peace, which led into Tiananmen Square.
Nevertheless, rumors are rife, mostly about troop movements seen in different parts of Beijing again.
When she first arrived in Beijing, Clee Donovan had told her that the Chinese always made their way to the square in the evenings and at weekends to demonstrate, celebrate, mark a memorable occasion or simply to while away the time.
Moreover, they were being supported by the citizens of Beijing, who brought them food and drinks, quilts and tents and umbrellas.
At the same time these demonstrations were starting in Beijing in April, Nicky and her crew had been in Israel, where they were doing a special on Mossad, the Israeli intelligence service.
For the short time that Gorbachev and the hordes of foreign reporters remained in Beijing, the government turned a blind eye, or assumed an air of tolerance about the students--and the foreign press as well.
When he first came to Beijing almost six weeks ago, he had found them full of excitement and hope.
They roared all over Beijing, carrying messages, monitoring troop movements and the actions of the police, and in general acting as lookouts for the students.
And, they hoped, for Chai Ling, the respected leader of the student movement, commander in chief of the Tiananmen demonstrators and a graduate student in psychology at Beijing Normal University.
Liberation Army came to Beijing to quell the student demonstrators, and were conquered by the citizens.
Instinctively she knew that belying the atmosphere of calm were tension and fear, and she voiced this thought to Clee as they sat in the Western Dining Room of the Beijing Hotel on Saturday afternoon.