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Well, you're one for three. Beijing and Peking are different romanizations of 北京. It is not true that beijing is pinyin and peking is Wade-Giles, nor is it true that they are pronounced the same way.

Wade-Giles would be pei-ching. (Pinyin is indeed beijing.)




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