Talk:Historical capitals of China

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[edit] Mukden

What about Mukden? olivier 12:44 Feb 7, 2003 (UTC)

Have Mukden/Shenyang ever been the capital, other than being the capital of Qing before entering Zhongyuan? — Instantnood 09:37, May 11, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Dadu / Khanbaliq

What is the Mongolian name for Beijing during the Yuan/Mongolian Empire? --Kaihsu Tai 18:28, 24 Nov 2003 (UTC) ?? or Khanbalik

[edit] "Peking"

Note that "Peking" does not appear in any form on this list. Wetman 20:24, 12 Sep 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Chengtu

The ROC government moved to Canton, then Chungking. Some sources are saying that it moved to Chengtu (Chengdu) on November 30, 1949 when Chungking fell to communist control, before finally relocated to Taipei. Does "briefly" mean half a month? — Instantnood 17:37, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Is this a list or no?

I tried to move this to "List of historical capitals of China" but someone thought this is not a simple list. Why is that? --Ideogram 22:47, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

Maybe because the normal way of doing such moves (when it is not clear; this article contains a lot of text while some list articles have none, or just a one-sentence intro), is to propose them at the "Discussion" page of that article first. That way, it shows that you're a member of our community, particularly when there are long-term editors on a specific page that you are newly coming to, who have good ideas for the reasons they edited the page the way it is. Of course, there is always room for good new ideas. Badagnani 23:05, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
So I'm discussing it now. --Ideogram 23:11, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
Looking at the article it appears that it is an actual text article, with a list included. There are many WP articles like this. A strict list would not have text beyond perhaps a one-sentence introduction. Badagnani 23:15, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
Then it should be split into an article and a true list. --Ideogram 23:21, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
Why? It's fine the way it is. SchmuckyTheCat 23:32, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
Object to splitting - the article seems very fine, and useful, as it is. The small amount of text amplifies the list--one stop shopping. Badagnani 23:22, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
Fine, it's not important enough to me to argue about. --Ideogram 23:39, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Controversy

I think it is very unfair that Beijing was singled out here. Its not like as if Nanjing didn't have its faults either. Unlike Beijing, Nanjing was a city surrounded by water on three sides, thus easily vulnerable to artillery and naval bombardments. Besides, Beijing being the capital, served as a northern base, helped keep the frontier regions in check as well as introducing some degree of economic equity between the North and South.

Just my 2 cents. -Shenzhou12 (talk) 03:02, 23 January 2008 (UTC)