The population of Beijing Municipality, defined as the total number of people who reside in Beijing for 6 months or more per year, was 14.927 million in 2004. 11.872 million people were urban, which includes residents in the Beijing urban area and surrounding towns, and the remainder were rural. [6] 11.629 million people in Beijing had Beijing hukou (permanent residence) and the remainder were on temporary residence permits. [7] In addition, there is a large but unknown number of migrant workers (min gong) who live illegally in ...

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The 2 counties of Beijing govern very distant towns and rural areas: In 2004 Beijing's total gross domestic product was 428.3 billion RMB, a real increase of 13.2% from the previous year. The tertiary sector of industry was the most productive sector of Beijing's economy, contributing 60% of its GDP. Urban disposable income per capita was 15637.8 RMB, a real increase of 11.5% from the previous year. Rural pure income per capita was 7172 RMB, a real increase ...

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Three styles of architecture predominate in urban Beijing. First, the traditional architecture of imperial China, perhaps best exemplified by the massive Tian'anmen (Gate of Heavenly Peace), which remains the PRC's trademark edifice, the Forbidden City, and the Temple of Heaven. Next there is what is sometimes referred to as the "Sino-Sov" style, built between the 1950s and the 1970s, which tend to be boxy, bland, and poorly made. Finally, there are much more modern architectural forms — most noticeably in the area of the Beijing CBD. Pictured below are some images of Beijing architecture — blending the old and the ...

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Beijing is home to an great number of colleges and universities, including several well-regarded universities of international stature, especially including China's two most prestigious institutions, Peking University ("Beida") and Tsinghua University. Other well known institutions, domestically and internationally, include Beijing Normal University and Renmin University of China. Owing to Beijing's status as the political and cultural capital of China, a larger proportion of tertiary-level institutions are concreated here than probab ...

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Beijing - Television and radio. Beijing Television (BTV) broadcasts on numbered channels 1 through 10. Unlike China Central Television (CCTV), there is at present no exclusive English-language TV channel on a citywide level in Beijing. Three radio stations feature programmes in English: Hit FM on FM 88.7, Easy FM by China Radio International (CRI) on FM 91.5, and the newly launched Radio 774 on AM 774. ...

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In 2005, Beijing's nominal GDP was 681.45 billion RMB, a year-on-year growth of 11.1% from the previous year. Its per capita GDP was 44,969 RMB, an increase of 8.1% from the previous year and nearly twice as much as in 2000. Beijing's primary, secondary, and tertiary industries were worth 9.77 billion RMB, 210.05 billion RMB, and 461.63 billion RMB. Urban disposable income per capita was 17,653 yuan, a real increase of 12.9% from the previous year. Per capita pure income of rural residents was 7,860 RMB, a real increase of 9.6%. Per capita d ...

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The first HSBC (then known as the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank) building was built in 1886 on the present site. It was demolished and rebuilt in 1935; for a period of time after completion it had been the tallest building between San Francisco and Cairo. By the 1970s the bank had outgrown its headquarters; departments were scattered into offices all over Central Hong Kong, and it was obvious that such a "solution" to the space limitations could not continue indefinitely. In 1978 the ...

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Beijing - Neighbourhoods. Major neighbourhoods in urban Beijing include the following. Neighborhoods may overlap across multiple districts (see below): Andingmen 安定门 Beiyuan 北苑 Chaoyangmen 朝阳门 Dongzhimen 东直门 Fangzhuang 方庄 Fuchengmen 阜成门 Fuxingmen 复兴门 Guomao 国贸 Hepingli 和平里 Wangjing 望京 Wangfujing 王府井 Wudaokou 五道口 Xidan 西单 Yayuncun 亚运村 ...

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Beijing maintains partnerships or "sister city" status with the following international locations. (Note: some locations are provinces or regional-level units, not cities properly. Beijing itself is not technically a city, being a municipality). 1: ^  A région of France 2: ^  A province of So ...

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Beijing will host the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2008 Summer Paralympics. Professional sports teams based in Beijing include: Chinese Football Association Super League Beijing Xiandai Chinese Basketball Association Beijing Ducks Beijing Olympians ...

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Beijing - Neighbourhoods. Linguistic note: Men (门) means "gate", while cun (村) literally means "village". Major neighbourhoods in urban Beijing include the following. Neighborhoods may overlap across multiple districts (see below): Andingmen 安定门 Beiyuan 北苑 Chaoyangmen 朝阳门 Dongzhimen 东直门 Fangzhuang 方庄 Fuchengmen 阜成门 Fuxingmen 复兴门 Guomao 国贸 Hepingli 和平里 ...

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Watkins' theories have been adapted by later writers. Some of his ideas were taken up by the occultist Dion Fortune who featured them in her 1936 novel The Goat-footed God. Since then, ley lines have become the subject of many magical and mystical theories. The two British dowsers, Captain Robert Boothby and Reginald Smith of the British Museum have linked the appearance of ley-lines with underground streams, and magnetic currents. Ley-spotter / Dowser Underwood conducted various investigations and claimed that crossings of 'ne ...

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Main article: Taoism Taoism is the organized, indigenous religion of China and is traditionally dated to 142 C.E. with the founding of the Way of the Celestial Masters by Zhang Daoling. Taoist religion builds on earlier concepts found in classic wisdom text known as the Way and Its Power or Dao De Jing. This work is attributed to Lao Zi, a mythological person who subsequently came to be venerated as a god. The philosophy of Taoism is centered on 'the way', an understanding of which can be likened to recognising the true nature of the universe. Taoism is ...

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Main article: Islam in China Islam was introduced into China via the Silk Road in the 7th century. It is now practised by a estimated 3% to 5% of Chinese, predominantly such minority groups as the Hui, the Uyghurs, and the Kazakhs. These make up majorities in Ningxia and Xinjiang Autonomous Regions. Islam in China, particularly in the western, minority-dominated regions, can be connected with non-Chinese nationalism and even separatist movements. Other estimates of Muslim population are much higher with ...

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Main article: Buddhism in China Buddhism was introduced from India during the Han dynasty and has been very popular among Chinese of all walks of life, admired by commoners, and sponsored by emperors. Estimate of Buddhists in China range from 70 million to 150 million. ...

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Though the show is generally well received, some viewers of the show complain that Penn and Teller's political and personal beliefs get in the way of making an objective case. They feel that the duo should be seriously considering the arguments of their targets. Instead, Penn and Teller are believed by some to simply assume the claims are wrong from the start and then spend the show making them appear foolish. Those who feel this way may also feel that the approach tends to weaken the force of the show's argument, since the audience m ...

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Pseudoscience also differs from protoscience. Protoscience is a term sometimes used to describe a hypothesis that has not yet been tested adequately by the scientific method, but which is otherwise consistent with existing science or which, where inconsistent, offers reasonable account of the inconsistency. Pseudoscience, in contrast, is characteristically lacking in adequate tests or the possibility of them, occasionally untestable in principle, and its supporters are frequently strident in insisting that existing scientific results ...

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Main article: Demarcation problem After more than a century of active dialogue, the question of what marks the boundary of science remains fundamentally unsettled. As a consequence the issue of what constitutes pseudoscience continues to be controversial. Nonetheless, reasonable consensus exists on certain sub-issues. Criteria for demarcation have traditionally been coupled to one philosophy of science or another. Logical positivism, for example, espoused a theory of meaning which held that only statements about empirical obser ...

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Main article: Judaism in China During the Tang Dynasty (7-10 cent. CE) or earlier, small groups of Jews settled in China. The most prominent early community was at Kaifeng, in Henan province. (see Kaifeng Jews) In the 20th century, many Jews arrived in Hong Kong and Shanghai during those cities' periods of economic expansion in the first decades of the century, as well as for the purpose of seeking refuge from the Holocaust in Western Europe. Shanghai was particularly notable for its volume of Jewish refugees, most of wh ...

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Religion in China - Falun Gong. Main article: Falun Gong Religion in China - Way of Former Heaven. Main article: Way of Former Heaven I-Kuān Tao ("Way of Unity") T'ung-shan She ("Society of Goodness") Tien-te Sheng-chiao ("Sacred Religion of Celestial Virtue") Tao-yuan ("Sanctuary of the Tao")See also: