Meaning of Dongcheng | Babel Free

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A district of Beijing, China.

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“In Beijing’s Dongcheng District where 560,000 residents live⟳, some 936 neighborhood stores, restaurants, health clinics, nurseries, and cultural and educational centers have⟳ been established.”

“Dongcheng Wenhuaguan, the culture museum in Dongcheng, acting like⟳ an events organizer, also has a similar group that meets every Saturday.”

“The soul of old Beijing lives on throughout Dongcheng District, where you'll find⟳ the city’s top historic sites and idyllic hutong worth getting lost in.”

“Beijing so far has reported over 300 cases under the current wave⟳, and authorities on Saturday banned city-wide dining services starting Sunday to May 4 -- an attempt⟳ to curb infections during a holiday that is typically an annual peak consumption period. "It will have⟳ a definite impact on sales," a restaurant employee surnamed An told AFP, as she scanned for customers around Beijing's Dongcheng district -- home to historic attractions like⟳ the Forbidden City.”

“The KMT’s act of self-humiliation is reminiscent of what happened in 1948, when it was being buffeted by the storm of the Chinese Civil War. In January of that year, a group of KMT members established the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang (中國國民黨革命委員會), which supported the CCP’s call⟳, as one of its “May Day slogans,” to establish⟳ a democratic coalition government. In so doing, the committee sent a friendly message to the CCP. Today, the committee is a subordinate organization of the CCP, with its headquarters on humble Donghuangchenggen S Street in Beijing’s Dongcheng District (東城).”

Yu Kung

CEFR level