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…ter of China until 1928. The Nationalist Party, headed by Chiang Kai-shek, moved the capital to Nanjing and renamed Beijing to Beiping, the city's former name under the early Ming dynasty. During World War II the city was occupied by the Japanese from 1937 to 1945, but was spared much damage. Following the Communist revolution in 1949, the city's name was changed back to Beijing and designated the capital of the newly established People's Republic of China.