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    Mark Higgie‏ @MarkHiggie1 26 Sep 2020

    The Chinese communists’ demand 40 years ago that we switch from ‘Peking’ to ‘Beijing’ was ridiculous. But the English-speaking countries capitulated aside from a few sensible hold-outs like Peter Hitchens. We should switch back. My article in the latest @SpectatorOz @ClarkeMicahpic.twitter.com/m7PQBL7N65

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      2. Watcher of the Skies‏ @thisskywatcher 26 Sep 2020
        Replying to @MarkHiggie1 @SpectatorOz @ClarkeMicah

        That's rather odd. In many European countries, including Poland, it's still Peking and no one cares what the Chinese communists demand.

        3 replies 0 retweets 12 likes
      3. Mark Higgie‏ @MarkHiggie1 26 Sep 2020
        Replying to @thisskywatcher @SpectatorOz @ClarkeMicah

        As the article explains, it was only the English-speaking countries that made the change. The continental European countries, including China’s sometime friend Russia, stuck with their variants of ‘Peking’ which they’d always used.

        2 replies 0 retweets 17 likes
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      1. Steve Ross‏ @trencherman333 26 Sep 2020
        Replying to @MarkHiggie1 @SpectatorOz @ClarkeMicah

        An Indian political party demanded Bombay be renamed in 1997 (Originally from Portuguese settlers - "Bom Baim = good bay" They had to invent a new name - from the goddess "Mumbadevi" But how come it's still "Bollywood" not "Mollywood" ?

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      2. Matt  🇬🇧 🇵🇱 🇺🇸 🇨🇩‏ @MattStirner 26 Sep 2020
        Replying to @MarkHiggie1 @DanielJHannan and

        In Poland it's still 'Pekin'.

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      2. Calkob‏ @Hodl8333 26 Sep 2020
        Replying to @MarkHiggie1 @ClarkeMicah @SpectatorOz

        My local chinese takeaway didnt change, the Number 46 is still a peking style chicken. 😆

        1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes
      3. Rostfritt‏ @rostfritt 29 Sep 2020
        Replying to @Hodl8333 @MarkHiggie1 and

        I have four takeaways in my city with Peking in their name and four with Beijing in it. No idea what they call their duck dishes.

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      2. Vladimir Putin (parody)‏ @VladPutin1 26 Sep 2020
        Replying to @MarkHiggie1 @DanielJHannan and

        Vladimir Putin (parody) Retweeted Vladimir Putin (parody)

        Rename Washington, rename America.https://twitter.com/VladPutin1/status/1283159462690410497 …

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        Vladimir Putin (parody) @VladPutin1
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        The rabbit hole goes deeper than that. America was named after Italian Amerigo Vespucci, who profited from the slave trade. https://www.loc.gov/wiseguide/aug03/america.html … pic.twitter.com/5KdjlEJKBd
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      3. Robert G. Macdonald‏ @RGAM007 26 Sep 2020
        Replying to @VladPutin1 @MarkHiggie1 and

        Its actually Poutine. Fries/ cheese/ smothered in gravy. Very healthy.😎

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      2. Anthony Cary‏ @antcary 26 Sep 2020
        Replying to @MarkHiggie1 @DanielJHannan and

        You don't have to see it as 'capitulation'. In the end, it is good manners to address people and places as those who live there would prefer to be addressed (if they take objection to your practice - not the case with, say, Munich or Rome). Angora? Constantinople? Rhodesia? etc.

        2 replies 1 retweet 74 likes
      3. Mark Higgie‏ @MarkHiggie1 26 Sep 2020
        Replying to @antcary @DanielJHannan and

        Chinese demands that we pronounce Peking more the way they do was very different to changing the names of Constantinople and Rhodesia. Have the Europeans shown bad manners to China by sticking with Peking or their variants of it? I don’t think so - just more common sense.

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