Five Interesting Facts About Beijing
1. It is the second largest city in China, being surpassed only by Shanghai. While Beijing has about 19 million citizens, Shanghai has (according to the latest census) over 22 million people. Over it's long history Beijing has been one of the four historical capitals of China, the others being Nanjing, Xi'an and Luoyang. You might also know it as Peking and was founded over three ...