Monday, February 13, 2012

Beijing, not Beizhing.

I'm continually surprised by the number of high-paid TV anchors, correspondents, and others who cannot pronounce correctly the name of China's capital city. Here's the correct pronounciation:



My list (so far) of people who need to watch the video:

Bret Baier, FOX News
Bill O'Reilly, FOX News
Scott Pelley, CBS News
Viking River Cruises
Dani Sinha, BBC
Annette Young, France 24
Jon Stewart, Comedy Central
Peter Barnes, FOX News
Ross Westgate, CNBC
Barack Obama
Robert Osborne, TMC
Larry Kudlow, CNBC
Chris Wells, NHK English

Xi Jinping, not Xi Zhinping:

Scott Pelley, CBS News
Wyatt Andrews, CBS News

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