Talk:Bohai Sea

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[edit] Old talk

It is not helpful to remove the references of Bohai Sea & Bohai Gulf from [1]? They are established translations as well. There are 6000 hits for Bohai Sea and another thousand for Bohai Gulf.

Also, Bo Hai is almost never called "Gulf of Zhili", only "Gulf of Chih-li", because this outdated name was used before Pinyin existed. --Menchi 08:40, 28 Nov 2003 (UTC)

Shouldn't we explain that those established translations are redundant? --Jiang

The 1st line says "Bo Hai...literal meaning: "Bo Sea"" That implies that other translations contain redundancy. An explicit statement wouldn't hurt, but observant reader may think that's redundant. --Menchi 08:59, 28 Nov 2003 (UTC)

The fact that the "Gulf of Zhili" usage is outdated should be explained in the article. Was it only referred to as this way in English? --Jiang

The page does say "...was an old name..." And yes, the usage died/was replaced around the time or before Pinyin was internationalized, and has not been revived, so it only existed in that old Wade-Giles spelling. --Menchi 08:59, 28 Nov 2003 (UTC)

Did the kingdom border the gulf? --Jiang

Most likely. Its territory included Manchuria and Korea, and southern Manchuria (Liaoning) and northern Korea border the gulf's north and east sides respectively. --Menchi 09:18, 29 Nov 2003 (UTC)

[edit] incorrect size

823,000km2 is simply wrong. It's more like 82,300

823,000km2 is almost the entire size of China

[edit] Bo Hai is the correct English translation, not Bo Hai Sea

Bohai Wan is strictly the small bay on the west side of Bo Hai. Chinese-produced English language maps and atlases show the large, main body of water, the topic of this entry, as Bo Hai not Bo Hai Sea. The map, the title of this entry, and any "Bo Hai Sea" text is incorrect. Go to http://gnswww.nga.mil/geonames/GNS/index.jsp, the main US Govt.(input from UK) database, and search on Bo Hai (do not enter China or any other country, as it is in the oceans file...actually, a "gulf." DLinth (talk) 14:54, 27 December 2007 (UTC)