Re: Beijing, Zhongguo, etc. (was Re: 'out-' affix in conlangs?)

To go back to the subject in the header for a second - am I correct
that at the time of the creation of the romanization "Peking", the
name was actually pronounced [pe'k_jiN], but then the
diphthongalization and palatalization went further and now we have
[pej'ts\iN] ?

Also, what's up with the tones?  According to Wikipedia, the full
Pinyin form is Běijīng, withindicated falling-rising tone on the first
syllable and high level tone on the second; but the IPA transcription
on the same page has a falling tone on the first syllable and a rising
on the second...

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