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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
/ 藞产别瑟藞诲萧瑟艐 /
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聽849聽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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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.
China is not behaving like a nation facing the prospect of economic pain and President Xi Jinping has made it clear that Beijing will not back down.
Nestled beneath China's wide rump, it is once again on the frontline in a new American battle 鈥搘hich hopes to stem Beijing's rise as an economic superpower.
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