that statement only has context relative to your local audience
this is exactly it. whether 'Peking' or 'Beijing' produces the appropriate sounds for the word is contingent entirely on the english speaker's accent. revisions to that spelling based on changes to those accents or which english speakers are using the word more regularly is not a 'capitulation' to anti-imperial red China---english speakers were never trying to name the capital something else to disrespect them, we were just trying to say the fucking name! and why should the PRC care how we spell it, they don't speak english, but they will be confused if your words sound wrong---which was the exact opposite point of Wade-Giles, its just from the fucking 1850s
The meaning of the written symbol now is more than just a guide to phoneme production. Continued use of the 'Peking' spelling is typically used to reference pre-revolution China and British colonization.
this is exactly it. whether 'Peking' or 'Beijing' produces the appropriate sounds for the word is contingent entirely on the english speaker's accent. revisions to that spelling based on changes to those accents or which english speakers are using the word more regularly is not a 'capitulation' to anti-imperial red China---english speakers were never trying to name the capital something else to disrespect them, we were just trying to say the fucking name! and why should the PRC care how we spell it, they don't speak english, but they will be confused if your words sound wrong---which was the exact opposite point of Wade-Giles, its just from the fucking 1850s
The meaning of the written symbol now is more than just a guide to phoneme production. Continued use of the 'Peking' spelling is typically used to reference pre-revolution China and British colonization.