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- The Nanjing Massacre, commonly known as "The Rape of Nanking," was an infamous war crime committed by the Japanese military in and ...36 KB (5,482 words) - 01:19, 11 November 2022
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- descriptions of unusual natural events at Nanjing Guozijian (南京國子監; ... monuments such as the Porcelain Tower of Nanjing; the exploratory sea voyages ...11 KB (1,666 words) - 16:59, 4 June 2023
- (short for the city of Jiangning (now Nanjing) and su (for the city of ... Dynasty in 317, in Jiankang (modern day Nanjing). From then until 581 (a ...28 KB (3,971 words) - 20:38, 3 April 2024
- the first pagoda was constructed at Nanjing in the third century C.E ... *The Porcelain Tower of Nanjing, a wonder of the medieval world in ...11 KB (1,699 words) - 06:15, 18 November 2022
- The Nanjing Massacre, commonly known as "The Rape of Nanking," was an infamous war crime committed by the Japanese military in and ...36 KB (5,482 words) - 01:19, 11 November 2022
- to include the Ming Xiaoling Tomb Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province, ... 1424), who moved the capital of China from Nanjing to the present location ...24 KB (3,553 words) - 16:44, 12 February 2024
- known as Xidu), located in present-day Nanjing in Jiangsu Province. The ... the ruling family to their own capital in Nanjing, then absorbed their territory. ...10 KB (1,502 words) - 22:23, 25 October 2022
- of higher learning in China was the Nanjing Higher Normal Institute ... In 1920, Nanjing Higher Normal Institute began to recruit female students ...16 KB (2,354 words) - 22:24, 7 January 2024
- Xu studied with Matteo Ricci in Nanjing, and in 1603 was baptized ... way to Beijing, he visited Matteo Ricci in Nanjing. He visited the Nanjing ...16 KB (2,411 words) - 14:32, 20 May 2023
- of China as far north as Shanghai and Nanjing. The left-wing faction of ... August 1, 1927, the Communists staged the Nanjing Uprising, initiating a civil ...28 KB (4,106 words) - 16:48, 30 March 2024
- at the Taiping Kingdom History Museum in Nanjing, China. ... 700,000 and 800,000 Taiping soldiers took Nanjing, killing 30,000 Imperial ...20 KB (2,973 words) - 00:49, 21 April 2023
- Politically, Nanjing was the capital of China several times, although ... * Nanjing * Nantong * Shanghai ==Crossings== [[Image:Yangtze at First ...22 KB (3,191 words) - 00:54, 17 April 2023
- (江蘇) province and first painted at Nanjing (南京) in 364. In 366 ... of the Eastern Jin Dynasty (present-day Nanjing), but the monks and the ...12 KB (1,928 words) - 16:38, 25 February 2023
- Singapore and Fudan Joint Graduate School, Nanjing University Graduate School ... Suzhou is located on the Jinghu Railway linking Shanghai and Nanjing ...24 KB (3,013 words) - 00:31, 27 February 2023
- the Ming dynasty (1368-1644) moved the capital from Nanjing to Beijing in 1421 because the hills around Nanjing were good locations for invaders to place ...14 KB (2,154 words) - 14:28, 8 February 2022
- in 1367, establishing a new capital at Nanjing soon after (while Beijing ... various factories in the capital at Nanjing for the manufacture of gunpowder ...17 KB (2,391 words) - 20:43, 3 April 2024
- he served as a medical missionary in Nanjing and Shanghai, China, taking with him his wife and young child. They did not feel particularly welcomed ...8 KB (1,205 words) - 15:02, 2 February 2024
- sen and had his body moved to the capital, Nanjing, to be enshrined in the ... army into Hankou, Shanghai, and Nanjing. After taking Nanjing in ...31 KB (4,795 words) - 20:57, 9 December 2023
- , in Fujian (福建) Province, studied at Nanjing Guozijian (Imperial Nanking ... all the way to the walls of the city of Nanjing (南京), but because he ...15 KB (2,381 words) - 15:22, 3 December 2022
- monuments such as the Porcelain Tower of Nanjing; and the exploratory sea ... decision to march his army straight to Nanjing, encountering stiff resistance ...27 KB (4,177 words) - 16:58, 4 June 2023
- to Guangzhou, Hongkong, Shanghai, Suzhou, and Nanjing. After 1917, ... of the Shanghai Art Society, and in Nanjing, at the invitation of the ...16 KB (2,541 words) - 04:01, 7 December 2022
- daughter, Carol. The small family then moved to Nanjing, where Pearl taught English literature at the University of Nanking. In 1926, she left China and ...8 KB (1,320 words) - 22:56, 30 March 2023
- ===Nanjing Puppet State=== supported collaborator government based in Nanjing. Its flag was similar to ...31 KB (4,510 words) - 07:22, 23 August 2023
- of China on February 14, 1912, by the Nanjing Provisional Senate. On December ... but asked that the capital be situated in Nanjing. Yuan, however, wanted to ...25 KB (3,814 words) - 21:35, 4 June 2023
- the capital from Beijing in the north to Nanjing in the south, and ordered ... and evacuated. They were first shipped to Nanjing and thence to Shanghai. ...44 KB (6,677 words) - 06:19, 1 April 2024
- the Republic of China's capital of Nanjing. They financed many of their ... recently: a southern line connecting to Nanjing and a north-eastern line ...27 KB (3,822 words) - 10:26, 7 June 2023
- Jin's new capital of Jiankang (modern-day Nanjing). The Yan family provided many officials that served the governments of the Eastern Jin Dynasty ...11 KB (1,717 words) - 10:09, 22 May 2023
- Emperor (建文帝 ). Zheng He studied at Nanjing Taixue (The Imperial Central ... Ming Dynasty) moved his capital north from Nanjing to present-day Beijing, ...33 KB (5,055 words) - 06:00, 13 June 2023
- Zhang Xueliang stepped in to support the Nanjing government against the northern warlords in exchange for control of the key railroads in Hebei ...11 KB (1,688 words) - 05:58, 13 June 2023
- It replaced the Nanjing-based romanization systems that had been common until late in the nineteenth century. It has mostly been replaced by ...13 KB (1,871 words) - 22:05, 3 May 2023
- Xuesheng (華林學省), and later at the Imperial Nanjing University (Zongmingguan) to perform research. In 461 in Nanxu (today Zhenjiang, Jiangsu), ...12 KB (1,719 words) - 06:13, 13 June 2023
- ancient Chinese landmarks. The Treaty of Nanjing in 1842, followed by the ... Shanghai. The war ended with the Treaty of Nanjing in 1842, which opened several ...46 KB (6,727 words) - 19:55, 21 April 2023
- nautical hero Zheng He's shipyard in Nanjing]. chinadaily.com, Nov. 7, 2005. (In Commemoration of 600th anniversary of Zheng He's voyages.) ...13 KB (1,801 words) - 14:17, 27 January 2023
- and Chenjiawo), Yunxian, Zhoukoudian, Nanjing, Hexian * India: Narmada (taxonomic status debated!) * Kenya: WT 15000 (Nariokotome), ER 3883, ER 3733 ...14 KB (2,119 words) - 12:01, 2 February 2024
- capital of the right-wing KMT regime at Nanjing, which remained the KMT ... eastern China was under the control of the Nanjing central government, which ...40 KB (5,930 words) - 16:44, 10 December 2023
- Chinese Nationalist government whose capital was Nanjing. ... July 1937, the Japanese occupied Shanghai, Nanjing and Southern Shanxi in campaigns ...68 KB (9,889 words) - 17:42, 25 January 2023
- aboard the British warship HMS Cornwallis in Nanjing (then known as "Nanking"). It is the first of the Unequal Treaties signed by China with ...13 KB (2,030 words) - 23:41, 21 April 2020
- named as such. Other cities similarly named include Nanjing ( ... fact the national capital had changed to Nanjing, the first time under the ...59 KB (8,054 words) - 10:27, 26 September 2023
- in a molded-brick relief from a tomb in the Nanjing area. Within a few generations, artists and intellectuals were so inspired by the supposedly ...14 KB (2,127 words) - 19:50, 21 April 2023
- well received. In 1936, Thunderstorm debuted in Nanjing, with Cao Yu himself acting in the lead role. In 1938, following its theatrical triumphs, ...15 KB (2,264 words) - 00:35, 13 January 2023
- *Lao She. Lao She. Nanjing, Jiangsu, China: Yilin Press, 1992. ISBN 9787805671628. *Lao She. Rickshaw: The Novel Lo-t'o Hsiang Tzu. Honolulu: ...14 KB (2,152 words) - 22:31, 22 October 2022
- [[Image:Teahouse-Nanjing.jpg|thumb|200 px|A tea house located at Nanjing]] [[Image:Chaguan.jpg|thumb|200 px|Tea house in Suzhou]] In China, a ...29 KB (4,641 words) - 04:37, 27 February 2023
- government of China moved the capital from Nanjing to Chongqing. Chongqing’s ... as (109°F 43°C). Along with Wuhan and Nanjing, it is known as one of the ...30 KB (3,987 words) - 17:18, 10 December 2023
- six separate itinerant trips down south to Nanjing. The family's fortunes ... spoken Chinese, with influences from Nanjing Mandarin (where Cao's ...35 KB (5,738 words) - 17:35, 30 January 2024
- of representatives from provinces in Nanjing elected Sun Yat-sen as the ... jpg|thumb|200px|Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum in Nanjing]] On the mainland ...36 KB (5,408 words) - 22:52, 26 February 2023
- *Porcelain Tower of Nanjing *Hagia Sophia *Leaning Tower of Pisa Other sites that have been mentioned include: *Cairo Citadel *Ely Cathedral ...19 KB (2,688 words) - 19:50, 21 April 2023
- Hunanese army under Zeng Guofan which marched to Nanjing and put down the uprising in 1864. Hunan was relatively quiet until 1910, when there were uprisings ...18 KB (2,479 words) - 12:20, 4 February 2023
- and the Ming Dynasty was established in Nanjing in 1368. Zhu Yuanzhang took ... Ming power was by no means destroyed. Nanjing, Fujian, Guangdong, Shanxi ...35 KB (5,541 words) - 11:06, 10 March 2023
- stint as the capital of China by the city of Nanjing in nearby Jiangsu province, the entirety of Jiangsu and Anhui were given special status as territories ...19 KB (2,812 words) - 06:03, 28 July 2023
- War, and the Qing authorities signed the Treaty of Nanjing, agreeing to open several low-tariff trade ports to Britain, yielding Hong Kong to Britain ...21 KB (3,156 words) - 22:30, 29 January 2023
- of the Four Furnaces of China, along with Nanjing, Nanchang and Chongqing ... before=Nanjing {{s-ttl|title=(wartime) Capital of China ...37 KB (5,359 words) - 14:07, 20 May 2023
- (南唐). Both states were based in modern-day Nanjing, further down the Yangtze River. During the Song Dynasty, Jiangnanxi Circuit was reestablished ...21 KB (3,089 words) - 20:39, 3 April 2024
- Guangxi, Hunan and Hubei, and the capture of Nanjing in 1853, the rebel advance had slowed. For some years, the Taipings gradually advanced eastwards ...21 KB (3,345 words) - 19:07, 4 December 2023
- Nanjing, People's Republic of China * Australia Sydney, Australia * Italy Turin, Italy The Nagoya International Center promotes international ...21 KB (2,938 words) - 02:41, 11 March 2023
- merged into Chiang Kai-shek's government in Nanjing. During World War II, the eastern parts of Hubei were conquered and occupied by Japan, while ...22 KB (3,092 words) - 21:04, 7 February 2024
- before=Nanjing {{s-ttl|title=Capital of the Republic of China (during Chinese Civil War) |years=1949}} after=Chongqing Category:geography ...22 KB (2,966 words) - 03:09, 5 March 2023
- *Zhi Yueh (c.230), a Kushan monk who worked at Nanjing. *Dharmaraksa (265-313), a Kushan whose family had lived for generations at Dunhuang. ...23 KB (3,513 words) - 18:46, 4 December 2023
- Shanghai, and the Chinese capital of Nanjing in 1937. After failing to ... Unit 1855 in Beijing, Unit 1644 in Nanjing, Unit 8604 in Guangzhou ...57 KB (8,103 words) - 19:47, 9 February 2022
- the loss of the regional capital city of Nanjing in 1853. The rebels massacred ... government, the Republic of China, in Nanjing with Sun Yat-sen as its ...45 KB (7,044 words) - 07:44, 3 July 2022
- Beijing, and the Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum in Nanjing) as a combined UNESCO World Heritage Site. * Liaoyang, one of the oldest continuously-inhabited ...23 KB (3,109 words) - 22:25, 25 October 2022
- Zǐjīnshān Tiānwéntái) outside Nanjing using modern astronomical equations. Chinese Americans use Nanjing Calendar instead of defining ...53 KB (8,207 words) - 17:02, 10 December 2023
- Central National Arts Gymnasium was founded in Nanjing in 1928, Fu Chen Sung was made Chief Instructor of Bagua, emphasizing in his teachings fast precise ...25 KB (3,699 words) - 06:17, 10 January 2023
- * other honorary doctoral degrees from Nanjing University, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, University of New South Wales, and the University ...25 KB (3,662 words) - 05:46, 16 November 2023
- campuses in Bologna, Italy and Nanjing, China. Founded in 1943, the School became a part of the university in 1950. *The Peabody Institute, founded ...29 KB (4,229 words) - 06:42, 27 February 2023
- directly preceded the new Nationalist government at Nanjing was compared to the unification brought about by Qin Shi Huang. With the coming of ...27 KB (4,481 words) - 23:18, 3 November 2023
- caption to this photo read Taken in the First Nanjing Prison in the spring of the 26th year of the Republic [1937]]] *Oct 1879 to Oct 1901: Early ...26 KB (3,844 words) - 14:50, 5 December 2023
- the capital from Beijing in the north to Nanjing in the south, and ordered ... moving the nation's capital to Nanjing (Nanking) and implementing ...48 KB (7,186 words) - 19:00, 23 March 2024
- was moved from Peking (Beijing) to Nanking (Nanjing). As a result, the name of Zhili was changed to Hebei to reflect that fact that it had a standard ...26 KB (3,622 words) - 15:13, 25 January 2023
- Nanjing University was founded in 258 in China. There were several other universities, called Guozijian, in ancient China. In Persia, one notable ...28 KB (4,044 words) - 12:01, 3 May 2023
- (1402 - 1424), who moved the capital of China from Nanjing to the present location of Beijing. From the Yongle Emperor onwards, 13 Ming Dynasty Emperors ...26 KB (3,983 words) - 04:27, 11 March 2023
- warlords, establishing a unified government in Nanjing in April 1927. Unlike other nationalist leaders, like Wang Jingwei, Chiang was hostile to continued ...32 KB (4,903 words) - 07:52, 9 March 2023
- and was nearly destroy. To deal with it Nanjing government spent 11 months to repair it. === Celestial globe (渾象) before Qing Dynasty === ...30 KB (4,747 words) - 17:00, 10 December 2023
- In 1994, Suzuki partnered with Nanjing Jincheng Machinery to create a Chinese motorcycle manufacturer and exporter called Jincheng Suzuki. ...32 KB (4,585 words) - 00:32, 27 February 2023
- the Jin court south to Jiankang (near present day Nanjing) and taking the title "King of Jin" as a preliminary step towards claiming the mantle ...30 KB (4,865 words) - 06:29, 18 April 2024
- the West among some listeners. These are popular in Nanjing and Hangzhou, as well as elsewhere along the southern Yangtze area. Sizhu has been secularized ...33 KB (4,845 words) - 16:58, 24 October 2023
- central authority strongest during the Nanjing decade (1927–1937), when ... led to the capture of its capital Nanjing on April 23 and the subsequent ...97 KB (13,790 words) - 00:28, 4 January 2024
- State of Croatia, Wang Jingwei's Government in Nanjing, Thailand, a provisional government of Burma, Manchukuo and Japanese-controlled Philippines ...36 KB (5,476 words) - 21:09, 26 February 2023
- in Wuxi, Jiangsu province and first painted at Nanjing in 364. In 366 he became an officer (Da Sima Canjun, 大司馬參軍), and was later promoted ...47 KB (7,130 words) - 17:04, 10 December 2023
- have exacerbated this, such as denial of the Nanjing Massacre and other war crimes; revisionist history textbooks, which have provoked protests in ...89 KB (12,871 words) - 15:44, 4 February 2022
- a hard-fought battle at Tianjing (present-day Nanjing). Zeng Guofan was rewarded with the title of Marquess Yiyong, First Class, and his brother Zeng ...56 KB (8,700 words) - 18:30, 13 February 2024
- Gongshi rebelled at Danyang (丹楊, in modern Nanjing, Jiangsu), Emperor Gaozu briefly commissioned Li Shimin to attack Fu, but soon cancelled the order ...60 KB (9,319 words) - 21:30, 31 December 2021
- Kingdom of Great Peace" with its capital at Nanjing, and attained control of significant parts of southern China, ruling over about 30 million people ...58 KB (8,323 words) - 21:09, 10 December 2023
- with many large, important cities like Wuhan, Nanjing, and Shanghai located adjacent to the river. Large areas of farmland and China's most important ...109 KB (14,087 words) - 23:55, 3 February 2024
- December 1937, the capital city Nanking (now Nanjing) fell. As a result, the Chinese government moved its seat to Chongqing for the rest of the war. The ...70 KB (11,168 words) - 13:51, 20 May 2023
- Tianjin and the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing. Beijing and its nearby city Zhangjiakou of Hebei province collaboratively host the 2022 Olympic ...89 KB (11,967 words) - 17:55, 26 March 2023
- March (1935), Snow (1936), The PLA Captures Nanjing (1949), Reply to Li Shuyi (1957), and Ode to the Plum Blossom (1961). Mao was also a skilled ...95 KB (14,231 words) - 15:44, 12 June 2023
