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[quote=CHRISWAUGHBJ,37853]That's interesting, I didn't know there was ever such a debate. I guess I just assumed that Beijing, having been the capital through the Yuan, Ming (most of it) and Qing, was the natural choice. Of course, the rulers of the Yuan and Qing were Mongols and Manchus with their own languages, so I guess I shouldn't have assumed that. But it's interesting that Cantonese was considered. I would've thought the choices would be between dialects that had historically had some political prestige, and I never really considered Cantonese to be such a dialect. Anyway, I'm glad Mandarin won. It seems to be much, much easier than Cantonese![/quote]
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