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The defensive attitude comes from the fact the name Peking was given by imperialists invading China. Thus the name Peking reminds some people of the sad part of
by analyst74 11y ago
The defensive attitude comes from the fact the name Peking was given by imperialists invading China. Thus the name Peking reminds some people of the sad part of history, triggering negative emotions toward it.
- abritinthebay 11y agoThat's... not even close to true. Peking is a romanization of how the actual Chinese name was pronounced by actual Chinese people in the port towns that British travelers first encountered. The fact that there are about 200 different dialects which change the pronunciation doesn't make Peking wrong, or "imperialistic" in any way. In fact it is just as correct as Bejing (which is also "wrong" it's just the currently accepted form of romanization that's closer to local dialect sounds).