• KevonLooney@lemm.ee
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    5 months ago

    No, it would have to be Beijing, or at least Nanjing. The name “Beijing” literally means “northern capital”. Nanjing means “southern capital”. Other cities do not have the cultural cache to be the capital of China. It would be like France having a capital other than Paris.

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      5 months ago

      So rename them to whatever “Donkey’s Ass” is in Chinese rofl

      What the hell kind of nutso idea is that? “No, it has to be the capital because that’s the name”

      Do you know what the capital of New York is? It’s not NYC. It’s Albany. Just because a city has “cachet” doesn’t mean it should be the seat of government.

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        5 months ago

        I’m saying that Beijing has legitimacy in the eyes of the people of China, and has had that legitimacy for at least 1700 years. Forget Albany. You have to look at this from the point of view of a country that thinks it’s thousands of years old (rightly or wrongly). The capital of Italy is Rome, and it will always be Rome.

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          5 months ago

          All you people from old countries should learn something from Americans: stop being shackled by your past.