Talk:Tongzhou, Beijing

info please
Please improve the article by adding better maps, particularly historical maps. There was once a distinctive, separate city area called Tungchow, circa 1940. It had a city wall and moat around it. Please add such information to the article. -75.164.229.239 (talk) 00:23, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

Tungchow Tungchou T'ung-chou Tongxian alternate spellings
Please ensure the alternate spellings Tungchow Tungchou T'ung-chou Tongxian redirect to this article. Thanks! -96.237.4.73 (talk) 21:50, 7 January 2013 (UTC)
 * ✅. GotR Talk 02:04, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

-zhou vs. -xian administrative division terms
In the early 1900s, the place east of Beijing now known as Tongzhou westerners called Tung-chow (-chou) or Tung-hsien. (These administrative division terms are now spelled -zhou and -xian.) Westerners did not seem to understand the difference. What exactly is the difference between these two administrative division terms, both in general history/linguistics and with regard to the history of this place?-96.237.4.73 (talk) 22:57, 13 January 2013 (UTC)

Maps
Please add detailed historic maps to the article.

The maps shown here are generally interesting/relevant: Those that include the eastern area outside Peking, to the river, show Tungchow.
 * http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Old_maps_of_Beijing

By far the best is Description English: Map of Tongzhou County, Beijing, China. Printed by the British War Office / US Army Map Service. Date 	1926 Source 	University of Texas Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/ams/china_city_plans/ Author 	United States Army Map Service
 * http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tongzhou_1926_AMS-WO.jpg

This high-resolution map shows great detail, including the old Tungchow city wall, railway stations and individual buildings. Please add this map to the article! -96.237.4.73 (talk) 22:33, 7 January 2013 (UTC)