NAME: BEIJING
LOCATION: CHINA
CLIMATE: MONSOON-INFLUENCED HUMID CONTINENTAL CLIMATE (KOPPEN CLIMATE CLASSIFICATION DWA), CHARACTERISED BY HOT, HUMID SUMMERS DUE TO THE EAST ASIAN MONSOON, AND GENERALLY COLD, WINDY, DRY WINTERS THAT REFLECT THE INFLUENCE OF THE VAST SIBERIAN ANTICYCLONE
POPULATION: 15.81 MILLION AT THE END OF 2006
FAMOUS FOR: BEIJING'S FINANCIAL STREET,A SCENE FROM A BEIJING OPERA, CLASSICAL GARDENS IN BEIJING, AND THE CCTV HEADQUARTERS UNDER CONSTRUCTION (APRIL 2008)
HISTORY: BEIJING WAS THE "OFFICIAL" CAPITAL OF THE MING EMPIRE WHILE NANJING WAS DEMOTED TO THE STATUS OF "SECONDARY" CAPITAL. THIS SYSTEM OF DUAL CAPITALS (WITH BEIJING BEING VASTLY MORE IMPORTANT) CONTINUED FOR THE DURATION OF THE MING DYNASTY. THIRTEEN OF THE SIXTEEN MING EMPERORS ARE BURIED IN ELABORATE TOMBS NEAR BEIJING.
THINGS TO SEE: THE POPULAR STUDENT HANGOUT, WUDAOKOU, IN NORTHWESTERN BEIJING AT NIGHT,AND ALSO THE BEIJING NATIONAL STADIUM
SOURCE: WWW.WIKIPEDIA.COM
JIESHENG A123843
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