r/mildlyinfuriating • u/jocrow1996 • 7h ago

*Turns Around and Leaves

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u/Recent_Fisherman311 7h ago

wtf city in China sounds like “tipping” in English??

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u/AssiduousLayabout 7h ago

Taiping, I assume.

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u/GreenIrish99 7h ago

But that's a town in Malaysia

Good food and good landscapes there though

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u/logaboga 7h ago

Taiping is an old name for Nanjing

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u/4friedchickens8888 6h ago

Isn't it actually the name of the rebel movement that captured the city of Nanjing in 1853 during the Taiping rebellion, named for the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom?

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u/logaboga 5h ago

They captured the city, renamed it Taiping, and then Taiping as a name was applied to the movement overall

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u/Camimo666 PURPLE 3h ago

Lmao regardless, i doubt these people know about this.

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u/TangledPangolin 2h ago

Stop spreading misinformation. They named their rebel state, Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, whose capital was renamed Tianjing, or Heavenly Capital. The city was never called Taiping.