Beijing or Peking?

[Bobbo]

Kind of minor, but Peking is listed under Chinese cities. Hasn't it been Beijing for some time now?

[Solack]

Think it depends on who you ask. Looks like Peking might still be used in some places.

[Curtis]

But not in Beijing.

[Solack]

Originally Posted by Curtis

But not in Beijing.

Nope. Hoping one of the text people sees this. If not, I'll keep an eye out and log it as a "bug" if need be and see what they have to say. I'm sure there's a reason they chose to use Peking.

[battists]

Hrm, well, that's a long story:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beijing#Names

I don't think there's any particular reason that the game uses one over the other, but I'm not going to get into the whole Wade-Giles vs Pinyin romanization bit right now.

Not quite sure whether there's really enough need to change this or not...

[bababui]

Originally Posted by battists

Hrm, well, that's a long story:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beijing#Names

I don't think there's any particular reason that the game uses one over the other, but I'm not going to get into the whole Wade-Giles vs Pinyin romanization bit right now.

Not quite sure whether there's really enough need to change this or not...

Well, its offensive to any potential Chinese customers. Kinda like not calling Taiwan Taiwan is offensive to Taiwanese customers.

[battists]

Originally Posted by bababui

Well, its offensive to any potential Chinese customers. Kinda like not calling Taiwan Taiwan is offensive to Taiwanese customers.

Bababui, if this is true, I am unaware of it. Can you find me some evidence of this?

Any Chinese natives hanging out?

[bababui]

Originally Posted by battists

Bababui, if this is true, I am unaware of it. Can you find me some evidence of this?

Any Chinese natives hanging out?

No one uses Peking anymore except Western people of a certain age. To the Chinese, it can be seen as a biproduct foreign Imperialism as it was coined by French Missionaries. From Wiki

Peking is the name of the city according to Chinese Postal Map Romanization, and the traditional customary name for Beijing in English. The term originated with French missionaries four hundred years ago and corresponds to an older pronunciation predating a subsequent sound change in Mandarin from [kʲ] to [tɕ]. ([tɕ] is represented in pinyin as j, as in Beijing), and is still used in some languages (for example, the Portuguese name is Pequim).
In China, the city has had many names

Likewise, Taiwan calls itself Taiwan. While initially a compromise between China and Taiwan to allow Taiwan to compete in the Olympic Games, today 'Chinese Taipei' is used solely at the insistance of China and is purely political. Here is a quick overview. http://taiwanjournal.nat.gov.tw/ct.a...800&CtNode=122

It seems very strange and ironic that the game unintentionally bends to Chinese imperial tendencies in regards to its naming of Taiwan and to Western imperial tendencies in its naming of Beijing.

[battists]

This is fixed in the next version of the game.

Thanks!

Steve