[ahartmetz]

So that might be why Beijing is called Peking in German... Although the (generally closer to original pronunciation) English romanizations of some Chinese names are becoming more common.

[Double_a_92]

It's called ~"Peking" in most European languages.

[7FE1CCE3]

Most of Europe probably got it from France, who used the Cantonese pronunciation: bāk-gīng