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Joseph B
Lv 5
When Did China Move Its Capital?
When I went to school, we learned that the capital of Red China was Peking. Now I hear it is in Beijing. When did they move it and why?
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- ?Lv 71 month agoFavorite Answer
They didnt move it, Peking is a romanised version of Beijing. Westerners just learned how to correctly pronounce the city's name
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