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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.)

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Peking is the old western name for Beijing, China.

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The city of Peking has been renamed and is now known as the city of Beijing. This city is located in the country of China and the capitol.

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Peking (known as Beijing) is located in northern China.

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