What's the name of this city? If you are planning to visit or have just arrived you may be excused for the confusion - and we'll try to clear it up for you now:

In Chinese the name is 哈尔滨. In Pinyin it is written as "ha-er-bin". In standard English it's Harbin.  We've chose to go with the pinyin spelling as it's closer to it's spoken sound in Chinese - but it really doesn't matter what you call it!