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I probably need to research this further, but I have known for years that the name was going to be spelled Xiangging. I have never been able to find why it wasn't. I have been going through my large collection of newspaper articles, throwing out most, since online sources can give me nearly all of what is in them. I found the article, and discovered it was on newspapers.com. To be clear, this was one of the changes made when Mao Tse-Tung became Mao Zedong and Deng Hsiao-P'ing became Deng Xiaoping.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 20:14, 12 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Don't waste your time; the reason why it's not spelled Xianggang is because you're conflating two different naming changes in English. The examples you gave of Mao Tse-tung → Mao Zedong and Deng Hsiao-p'ing → Deng Xiaoping were the result of a mainland Chinese shift from Wade Giles to Hanyu pinyin for transliterations of Mandarin. Xianggang (not "Xiangging" like you misspelled) is the Hanyu pinyin spelling, but Mandarin isn't the majority language in the city / SAR; Cantonese (Yue) is. Hong Kong is derived from the Cantonese pronunciation Heung Gong. Yue🌙02:13, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry about that. I thought I spelled that right but there was so much to keep up with. But why then did The New York Timesreport it? I will admit the article said Peking would be Beiking.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions •
The spelling was likely a typo and the choice of transliteration itself was likely a mistake or a hypothetical. That's why you're having trouble finding corroborating sources. Yue🌙22:12, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Was is clearly original research. If someone wants to fix this problem, they should do it the right way, but they should start by putting the article back how it was and actually sourcing the points they'd like to weave in. Remsense ‥ 论20:43, 4 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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