Is the correct name Beijing or Peking?
hi, Peking is an older English name for Beijing. The term originated with French missionaries four hundred years ago. In China, the city has had many names. Between 1928 and 1949, it was known as Peiping or “Northern Peace”. The name was changed because jing means “capital” and the Kuomintang government in Nanking (now Nanjing) wanted to emphasize that Peking was not the capital of China, and Peking’s warlord government was not legitimate. The Temple of Heaven was built to commemorate this change. The name was changed back to Beijing by the Japanese, since Beijing was the capital of a North China; at the end of World War II the Republic of China changed the name back. The Communist Party of China changed the name to Beijing in 1949 again in part to emphasize that Beijing was the capital of China. Beijing(Peking) is one of the 4 municipalities of the People’s Republic of China, which have a provincial-level status, and is under the direct control of the central government. Beijing has b
