LOCATION

Official Website:
http://www.beijing.gov.cn/

Population:
14,560,000 (2003)

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
Peking University	1898

COMPANY HEADQUARTERS

Company	Founded
Baidu	2000
PetroChina	1999

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Bei Dao	Poet	2-Aug-1949		Exiled Chinese poet of the Misty School
Leon Lai	Singer	11-Dec-1966		Fallen Angels
Jet Li	Actor	26-Apr-1963		Kung fu action movie star
Ai Weiwei	Artist	18-May-1957		Chinese contemporary artist
Faye Wong	Singer	8-Aug-1969		Easily Hurt Woman
Ziyi Zhang	Actor	9-Feb-1979		Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Zhou Enlai	Head of State	5-Mar-1898	8-Jan-1976	Mao's right-hand man
Hua Guofeng	Head of State	16-Feb-1921	20-Aug-2008	Premier of China, 1976-80
Tsien Hsue-shen	Scientist	11-Dec-1911	31-Oct-2009	Founder of Chinese space program
Mao	Head of State	26-Dec-1893	9-Sep-1976	Great Leap Forward!
Matteo Ricci	Religion	6-Oct-1552	11-May-1610	Jesuit missionary to China
Yang Shangkun	Head of State	25-May-1907	14-Sep-1998	President of the PRC, 1988-93
Norodom Sihanouk	Royalty	31-Oct-1922	15-Oct-2012	King of Cambodia
Deng Xiaoping	Politician	22-Aug-1904	19-Feb-1997	Communist Chinese leader
Sun Yat-sen	Head of State	12-Nov-1866	12-Mar-1925	President of China, 1911-12
Zhao Ziyang	Politician	17-Oct-1919	16-Jan-2005	6th Chinese Premier sought reforms

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