Capital

Chinas capital is Beijing. Beijing serves as the most important port and hub of entry in china. It is one of the 6 ancient cities in China. Beijing has become one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world with about 144.4 thousand visitors a year. Located in northern China, close to the city of Tianjin and partially surrounded by Hebei Province. Beijing holds a lot of Chinas most visited scenic attractions such as The Forbidden City, The Great Wall of China, The National Stadium, and The Temple of Heaven.The Great Wall Of China being its most visited. Beijing's population is about 17 million people being chinas second most populated and fastest populating city. Beijing has 16 districts and 2 counties. Names of a few districts: Dongcheng District, Xicheng District, Chongwen District, Xuanwu District. Counties:Yanqing County and Miyun County.

As we all know the 2008 olympics were held in China. China Being the second nation to win the most medals, USA being the first. Although America won more medals than china, they won less gold medals. China won more medals in gymnastics than in any other olympic game.

In Beijing you can get almost any kind of food you would like. There are many restaurants in Beijing holding foods from all over the world. Beijing also has alot of fast food places such as Mc Donalds or Pizza Hut.
 * SPORT || [[image:http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/olympics/2008/medals/gold.gif caption="Gold"]]GOLD || [[image:http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/olympics/2008/medals/silver.gif caption="Silver"]]SILVER || [[image:http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/olympics/2008/medals/bronze.gif caption="Bronze"]]BRONZE || TOTAL MEDALS ||
 * [|Archery] || 1 || 1 || 1 || 3 ||
 * [|Badminton] || 3 || 2 || 3 || 8 ||
 * [|Boxing] || 2 || 1 || 1 || 4 ||
 * [|Canoe Kayak] || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 ||
 * [|Cycling] || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 ||
 * [|Diving] || 7 || 1 || 3 || 11 ||
 * [|Fencing] || 1 || 1 || 0 || 2 ||
 * [|Gymnastics] || 11 || 2 || 5 || 18 ||
 * [|Hockey] || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 ||
 * [|Judo] || 3 || 0 || 1 || 4 ||
 * [|Rowing] || 1 || 1 || 0 || 2 ||
 * [|Sailing] || 1 || 0 || 1 || 2 ||
 * [|Shooting] || 5 || 2 || 1 || 8 ||
 * [|Swimming] || 1 || 3 || 2 || 6 ||
 * [|Sync Swimming] || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 ||
 * [|Table Tennis] || 4 || 2 || 2 || 8 ||
 * [|Taekwondo] || 1 || 0 || 1 || 2 ||
 * [|Tennis] || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 ||
 * [|Track] || 0 || 0 || 2 || 2 ||
 * [|Volleyball] || 0 || 1 || 2 || 3 ||
 * [|Weightlifting] || 8 || 1 || 0 || 9 ||
 * [|Wrestling] || 1 || 2 || 0 || 3 ||