Premise: Beijing . Beijing is the second largest Chinese city by urban population after Shanghai and is the nation 's political , cultural , and educational centre . As the last of the Four Great Ancient Capitals of China , Beijing has been the political centre of the country for much of the past eight centuries . Encyclopædia Britannica notes that `` few cities in the world have served for so long as the political headquarters and cultural centre of an area as immense as China . ''
Hypothesis: Beijing is rarely the nation's political center.
Label: CONTRADICTION