The history of, and explanations for, the varieties of names for Beijing ('northern capital') is so complex and detailed that it gets its own wikipedia page: h

The history of, and explanations for, the varieties of names for Beijing ('northern capital') is so complex and detailed that it gets its own wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_Beijing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_Beijing See also [1]: Bosat Man, Backhill/Peking/Beijing (1990), which is not currently included as a reference in the above wikipedia article. [1] http://www.sino-platonic.org/complete/spp019_peking_beijing.pdf http://www.sino-platonic.org/complete/spp019_peking_beijing....