People's Republic of China
- Amoy† → Hsia-men† → Xiamen
- Ji → Yanjing → Zhongdu → Dadu → Jingshi → Khanbalik (as Mongol capital) → Peking † → Peiping → Beijing
- Canton† → Guangzhou
- Chang'an → Xi'an
- Chinchow† → Jinzhou
- Chungking† → Chongqing
- Jinling → Nanking† → Nanjing
- Kirin† → Jilin
- Bianliang → Bianjing → Kaifeng
- Lin'an → Hangchow† → Hangzhou
- Soochow† - Suzhou
- Yinxu → Anyang
- Tan-tung† → Andong → Dandong
- Tientsin† → Tianjin
- Shenyang → Shengjing → Fengtianfu → Mukden → Fengtian → Shenyang
- Ch'ing-ni-wa† → Lüshunkou (aka Port Arthur) → Dalnyi → Dairen; Ryojun → Luda → Dalian
- Swatow† → Shan-t'ou → Shantou
- Tsinan† → Chi-nan → Jinan
†Name change in English due to replacement of outdated romanization methods such as the Chinese Postal Map Romanization method with the Pinyin method. Chinese name unchanged.
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