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[quote=RALPHH,277962]As far as I am aware, Peking is the name of the capital of the PRC written in the Wade-Giles romanisation system. Someone able to pronounce Wade-Giles as it is/was supposed to be pronounced would pronounce Peking in much the same way that a speaker of putonghua pronounces 北京. However, as very few people are aware of Wade-Giles pronunciations most of them pronounce Peking incorrectly as pea (a round green seed) + king (male ruler of a country). Beijing is, in my opinion, far closer to the way that most westerners would write 北京 in roman script after having heard it spoken. I therefore prefer Beijing to Peking as romanising 北京 as Beijing should allow most westerners to pronounce it in a way that speakers of putonghua would recognise as 北京. In any case, one should at least romanise the name of the capital of a country in the way that the government of that country considers to be correct.[/quote]
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