Difference between Peking and Beijing

What is the difference between Peking and Beijing?

Peking as a proper noun is former name of beijing. while Beijing as a proper noun is the capital of the people's republic of china.

Peking

Part of speech: proper noun

Definition: Former name of Beijing.

Beijing

Part of speech: proper noun

Definition: The capital of the People's Republic of China.

Example sentence: I need to open a restaurant, a big soul food restaurant in Beijing!

We hope you now know whether to use Peking or Beijing in your sentence.

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