Pingping
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- pingping Peiping, now Beijing
- pingping K.O. the Boxer uprising of 1898-1901 (K.O. → knockout) included the plundering of Beijing. Like the Easter Rebellion, it was, among other things a reaction to British imperialism. Both uprising were suppressed.
- pinging i.e., electrical relay, telephone ring
