On the Oct 1st of 1949, Maozedong announced the establishement of the People's Republic of China at Tiananmen Gate
The metropolitan boundary of Beijing was established in 1959 and places Beijing's status at the same the level of a province in China. It is approximately 100 miles (160 km) wide from east to west and 110 miles (180 km) wide from north to south with a total area of 6,900 square miles (17,900 km2).
Beijing is the real name for the capital city of China. 'Peking' is the British form because of their poor chinese back in history.
(I revise you, don't go walking around Chinese people and speaking about Beijing and calling it Peking instead. Some Chinese people either get offended or really irritated by this.)
The time difference between Los Angeles and China is 16 hours when there is no Daylight Savings Time in Los Angeles. During the summer months, the time difference is 15 hours. For the current time difference between these two locations try: [http://www.worldtimeengine.com/doTime/los_angeles/beijing/]
Some of the most remarkable human-made structures in the world are found in China. Just one is the famous 'Great Wall' in northern China. In the capital of Beijing, one finds the stunning Forbidden City, with Tiananmen Square, one of the largest public plazas in the world, lying just outside its gates.
Originally MAO had a plan to its capital of jiangxi ruijin, because he is the birthplace of jiangxi province. I later found out that, Beijing various conditions are quite good! Especially close to the Soviet union, this also a posterior approach can back. Because at that time who are not sure I can the revolution to the end. Only now history books of the blow, no GCD no new China.
China's capital is Beijing. The previous capital was Nanjing (under the Republic of China).
Previous capitals now part of Beijing are Zhongdu, Dadu, Daidu, and Khanbaliq. The city was also known as Peking.
The City Flower of Beijing is the rose. The second flower is chrysanthemum.
Because China is a massive country and It stretched the whole legnth
Beijing's area is 16,801 square kilometers or 6,487 square miles.