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| Beijing |
| Beijing, formerly known in English as Peking, is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the second largest city in China, Shanghai being the largest. The population of the Metropolitan area of the city was about 11,400,000 in 2007. |
| The Imperial Locomotive, which we assume was the engine used to pull the Emperor's train. |
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| The Legations Quarter. |
| The Imperial Palace. |
| "A Peking Gateway". |
| The White Pagoda. |
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| East Corner of the Peking City Wall. |
| A corner Gate in the City Wall. |
| Chunhuamen. |
| The Grand Hotel des Wagons Lits and the Yokohama Spezie Bank. |
| The Peking Observatory. |
| The Long Bridge at the Summer Palace. |
| The Entrance to the Legation Quarter. |
| The Grand Hotel de Pekin. |
| A Beijing Street in the first half of the 20th Century. |
| West Block House, Tartar Wall. |
| The main entrance to the Tartar City. |
| The Summer Palace. |
| "Five Marble Bridges in Forbidden City". |
| Tartar Wall and Gate. |
| A Peking Watch Tower. |
| Reproductions of postcards with a (Z) following the description are available to buy from Zazzle - just click on the (Z) ! Similarly, GC = Greetings Card, P = Print, ST = US Postage Stamp, K = Key Ring, FM = Fridge Magnet, SM = Souvenir Mug, X = Xmas Card. |
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