Help on Chinese City List

[Huayna Capac357]

For my China Mod, way back when, I changed the city list for China. Now, I have done more extensive changes and would like you guys' opinion on it.

Here:

Beijing
Xi'an
Luoyang
Anyang
Nanjing
Hangzhou
Kaifeng
Shanghai
Guangdong
Quanzhou
Tianjin
Qingdao
Wuhan
Chengdu
Chongqing
Fuzhou
Yangzhou
Suzhou
Shandong
Guilin
Harbin
Shenyang
Kunming
Kashgar
Dunhuang
Dalian
Ningbo
Xinjian
Changsha
Baoting
Nanning
Baotou
Changchun
Lanzhou
Xianggang
Shenzhen
Dongguan
Taiyuan
Fushun
Zhengzhou
Zibo
Macao
Hainan
Taipei
Malacca
Lhasa
Kotan

 

[Ozymandias]

Looks good, except are you mixing Wade-Giles and Pinyin?

Best,

Oz

 

[Huayna Capac357]

I don't think so. I tried to use all Pinyin.

 

[Ogedei_the_Mad]

Malacca is an odd choice for a Chinese city, considering that it's a Malay locality. "Macao" in Chinese Pinyin is "Aomen." "Taipei" is also Wade-Giles derived; if you plan on using Pinyin, it's "Taibei."

Guangdong is also a province, not a city. Perhaps you're referring to the port city of Guangzhou?

 

[Yoda Power]

You seem to be mixing modern and old cities. I would probably choose one of them and then stick to it.

 

[Huayna Capac357]

I originally had Xi'an as Chang'an.

I also mixed up Guangdong and Guangzhou (fail)

I didn't know the Aomen thing.

I forgot that Taiwan changed to Pinyin.

I thought that Malacca was pretty much the first Southeast Asia Chinese community.

Thanks for the help. So, edited thusly,

Beijing
Xi'an (or Chang'an?)
Luoyang
Anyang
Nanjing
Hangzhou
Kaifeng
Shanghai
Guangdzhou
Quanzhou
Tianjin
Qingdao
Wuhan
Chengdu
Chongqing
Fuzhou
Yangzhou
Suzhou
Shandong
Guilin
Harbin
Shenyang
Kunming
Kashgar
Dunhuang
Dalian
Ningbo
Xinjian
Changsha
Baoting
Nanning
Baotou
Changchun
Lanzhou
Xianggang
Shenzhen
Dongguan
Taiyuan
Fushun
Zhengzhou
Zibo
Aomen
Hainan
Taibei
Lhasa
Kotan

 

[Yoda Power]

I would probably make Chang'an capital to be honest.

 

[Huayna Capac357]

You mean Kyoto style? Will do!

Here it is now:

Chang'an
Beijing
Luoyang
Anyang
Nanjing
Hangzhou
Kaifeng
Shanghai
Guangdzhou
Quanzhou
Tianjin
Qingdao
Wuhan
Chengdu
Chongqing
Fuzhou
Yangzhou
Suzhou
Shandong
Guilin
Harbin
Shenyang
Kunming
Kashgar
Dunhuang
Dalian
Ningbo
Xinjian
Changsha
Baoting
Nanning
Baotou
Changchun
Lanzhou
Xianggang
Shenzhen
Dongguan
Taiyuan
Fushun
Zhengzhou
Zibo
Aomen
Hainan
Taibei
Lhasa
Kotan

 

[crazyanswer]

You mean Kyoto style? Will do!

Here it is now:

Chang'an --> Xi'an
Beijing
Luoyang
Anyang
Nanjing
Hangzhou
Kaifeng
Shanghai
Guangdzhou --> Guangzhou
Quanzhou
Tianjin
Qingdao
Wuhan
Chengdu
Chongqing
Fuzhou
Yangzhou
Suzhou
Shandong ( it's a province)
Guilin
Harbin --> Haerbin
Shenyang
Kunming
Kashgar
Dunhuang
Dalian
Ningbo
Xinjian (Did you mean "Xinjiang" ? It is a province, though)
Changsha
Baoting --> Baoding
Nanning
Baotou
Changchun
Lanzhou
Xianggang
Shenzhen
Dongguan
Taiyuan
Fushun
Zhengzhou
Zibo
Aomen
Hainan
Taibei
Lhasa --> Lasa
Kotan ??

Regards,

 

[Huayna Capac357]

Regards what?

 

[Ogedei_the_Mad]

He quoted your list and added his own changes with some notes.

"Xi'an" is the modern name of "Chang'an." Personally, I'd prefer Chang'an, though it's an older name.

"Lhasa" is appropriate since that's what it's commonly known as so I don't think any change is needed. "Khotan" is in Xinjiang isn't it? "Harbin" doesn't need to be changed to "Haerbin"; it's pronounced "Harbin" anyway.

 

[Huayna Capac357]

I thought that Xinjian and Shandong were cities...I'm pretty sure that they appear on the normal list

Guangdzhou and Baoting were typos. I'll probably change Lhasa. I'll leave Harbin and Chang'an as is.

Thanks for all the feedback!

Here's it now:

Chang'an
Beijing
Luoyang
Anyang
Nanjing
Hangzhou
Kaifeng
Shanghai
Guangzhou
Quanzhou
Tianjin
Qingdao
Wuhan
Chengdu
Chongqing
Fuzhou
Yangzhou
Suzhou
Guilin
Dalian
Harbin
Shenyang
Changchun
Kunming
Kashgar
Dunhuang
Lanzhou
Baotou
Ningbo
Changsha
Baoding
Nanning
Xianggang
Shenzhen
Dongguan
Taiyuan
Fushun
Zhengzhou
Zibo
Aomen
Hainan
Taibei
Lasa
Hetian

 

[crazyanswer]

The city names are all being used now except "Chang'an", so I'd suggest use "Xi'an" instead to keep uniform. Anyway, you can choose as you prefer ～

A good list to replace the Firaxis one, they did bad homeworks

 

[Ozymandias]

Just my dos centavos - I freely mix Wade-Giles and Pinyin, using the former mostly for the better known cities we mostly grew up calling Shanghai, Chang'an, etc. Mischieviously, I even sneak in Xanadu ("In Xanadu did Kublai Khan a stately pleasure dome decree ...").

,

Oz