Peking or Beijing, plus a story. Anybody interested?

Hello,

I have very limited time to visit italki during weekdays, but I have plenty of time for it during weekends! I love weekends. :)

Recently I was asked of a question: when to use Peking and when to use Beijing. I found it interesting, and have been doing a bit of research. This coming weekend, I can share with you my findings. Anybody interested?

Needless to say, if you are into Chinese culture or business opportunities in China, little bits of this and that could help. :)

I need to wrap up my Friday now, as it's already after 10 PM (Beijing time). Please just drop me a message if you like, and we can set up a time to have a 30 minute or 1 hour chat in the coming two days, and you can talk about anything you want in Mandarin as well. I can correct your spoken Mandarin if you don't mind. Win-win, isn't it? :)

Hello Sophie,

I always thought that Peking was the way we used to pronounce it in English until it was corrected and now we use the correct (or better ) pronunciation of Bejing! I look forward to reading your next post to see if I am right :)

Bob