• Judge_Juche [she/her]
      hexagon
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      3 years ago

      The top university in the country insists people call it Peking University and gets mad if people use Beijing University.

    • doublepepperoni [none/use name]
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      edit-2
      3 years ago

      Yeah, it's Peking in Finnish too

      Of course, in that case there's no colonial historical baggage which is what the author of this article has a huge hardon for

    • baguettePants [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      Yeah, I don't get it. It's "Peking" also in ex-Yugoslavia states, during socialism as well.