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David Michael Bonavia
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BIOGRAPHY

Former writer on China, Far Eastern Economic Review, Hong Kong. Former Foreign Correspondent, The Times (London). Author of The Chinese: A Portrait and others.

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Map of eastern Asia highlighting China and its neighboring countries, with an arrow pointing to Beijing Municipality in northeastern China. The map includes international boundaries, disputed borders, and lines of control, and shows major surrounding countries such as Russia, Mongolia, India, Japan, North Korea, and South Korea. An inset at the bottom left shows the location of China within Asia.
Beijing
Beijing, city, province-level shi (municipality), and capital of the People’s Republic of China. Few cities in the world have served for so long as the political headquarters and cultural centre of an area as immense as China. The city has been an integral part of China’s history over the past…
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