- published: 18 May 2015
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Beijing ( /beɪˈdʒɪŋ/; Chinese: 北京; pinyin: Běijīng, [peɪ˨˩ t͡ɕiŋ˥]), formerly romanized as Peking ( /piːˈkɪŋ/ or /peɪˈkɪŋ/), is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The metropolis, located in northern China, is governed as a direct-controlled municipality under the national government, with 14 urban and suburban districts and two rural counties. Beijing Municipality is surrounded by Hebei Province with the exception of neighboring Tianjin Municipality to the southeast.
Beijing is China's second largest city by urban population after Shanghai and is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's largest state-owned companies. Beijing is a major transportation hub in the national highway, expressway, railway and high-speed rail network. Beijing's Capital International Airport is the second busiest in the world by passenger traffic.
Elon Musk (born June 28, 1971) is a South African-born American business magnate, engineer and inventor. He is best known for co-founding SpaceX, Tesla Motors and X.com, which later became Paypal after acquiring the service. He is currently the CEO and Chief Designer of SpaceX, CEO and Product Architect of Tesla Motors and Chairman of SolarCity. While at those companies, Musk co-designed the first viable electric car of the modern era, the Tesla Roadster, a private successor to the Space Shuttle, Falcon 9/Dragon, and the world's largest Internet payment system, PayPal.
Elon Musk was born in Pretoria, South Africa, the son of a Canadian-American mother and a South African father. His maternal grandfather was from Minnesota, and had moved to Saskatchewan, where Musk's mother was born. His father is an engineer and his mother is an author, nutritionist and model, appearing on the cover of New York Magazine in 2011 and a Time Magazine supplement in 2010.
Musk bought his first computer at age 10 and taught himself how to program; by the age of 12 he sold his first commercial software for about $500, a space game called Blastar.
Giulio Taccon (Chinese: 朱刘; pinyin: Zhu Liu) (born November 6, 2002 ) is an Italian-Chinese musician and actor, born in the city of Taiyuan, Shanxi province, Northern China. He started to learn piano in Italy at the age of 6.
Giulio Taccon became popular in China when he played Brandon Lee in the 50th episode of the TV series "The Legend of Bruce Lee" aired on and produced by CCTV in 2006. Born from Italian father and Chinese mother, Giulio speaks Italian, Chinese and English fluently.
Since his first performance on CCTV, he has had several appearances on local Chinese TV shows like in Hunan Broadcasting System or Tianjin Television. Giulio starred at the "Spring Festival Evening Show" aired on February 9, 2009 in Hunan TV.
Giuliu has received awards at several international piano competitions held in Italy: the Mozart International Piano Competition Rome, Ibla Grand Prize Ragusa,International Music competition Montalto Music Montalto.
On September 2010 Italian Classic Music Revista Musica had regarded Giulio Taccon as a promising new pianist star .