Much of this change has been (and will be) driven by immigration. Nearly 59 million immigrants have arrived in the U.S. in the past 50 years, mostly from Latin America and Asia. Today, a near-record 14% of the countryâs population is foreign born compared with just 5% in 1965.
Beijing Capital International Airport is the main hub for Air China, the flag carrier of the People's Republic of China, which flies to around 120 destinations (excluding cargo) from Beijing. China Eastern Airlines, Hainan Airlines and China Southern Airlines also use the airport as their hub.
Over the past 3,000 years, the city of Beijing has had numerous other names. The name Beijing, which means Northern Capital (from the Chinese characters å for north and äº¬ for capital), was applied to the city in 1403 during the Ming Dynasty to distinguish the city from Nanjing (the Southern Capital).he first walled city in Beijing was Ji, a city-state from the 11th to 7th century BC. Within modern Beijing, Ji was located south of the present Beijing West Railway Station. This settlement was later conquered by the state of Yan and made its capital under the name Yanjing.