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Nan·jing

(nän′jĭng′) also Nan·king (năn′kĭng′, nän′-)
A city of east-central China on the Yangtze River northwest of Shanghai. An imperial capital and an early capital of the Republic of China, it was the site of a massacre by invading Japanese forces in 1937. The city is now the capital of Jiangsu province.
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Nan•jing

(ˈnɑnˈdʒɪŋ)

also Nanking



n.
the capital of Jiangsu province, in E China: a former capital of China. 2,500,000.
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Noun 1. [画像:Nanking - a city in eastern China on the Yangtze River]Nanking - a city in eastern China on the Yangtze River; a former capital of China; the scene of a Japanese massacre in the 1930s
Cathay, China, Communist China, mainland China, People's Republic of China, PRC, Red China - a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world
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| 1842: The Treaty of Nanking was signed, ending the Opium War (1839-42) between China and Britain, and ceding Hong Kong to Britain.
On this day
The first Opium War ended with the Treaty of Nanking in 1842, which forced China to open its markets, required reparations for the seized opium and ceded Hong Kong Island to the British.
China's first trade war remembered
Association for Community Development (ACD) and Dhaka Ahsania Mission (DAM), two non-government development organisations, jointly hosted the meeting at Nanking Darbar Hall in association with Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids (CTFK).
Call to free hospitality sector from tobacco uses
There are reds ranging from the fire-engine red of the shrubby redosier dogwood to the coppery reddish-brown of the Nanking cherry to the dulled red-brown of Cryptomeria.
Now's a good time to savor tree bark
Nanking cherry is another bush more often planted as an ornamental than for its fruit.
For both beauty and flavor, consider planting berry bushes
CHINA struck a restrained tone on the 80th anniversary of the Nanking Massacre, saying the country would "look forward" and deepen its friendship with its neighbour Japan despite historical misgivings.
China olive branch over massacre; WORLD BULLETINS
The sword was used by the Japanese imperial troops during the 1937 Nanking Massacre and engraved with the words: "107 people killed in the Nanking battle."
Samurai sword attack at Taipei's Presidential Office
1842: The Treaty of Nanking was signed, ending the Opium War (1839-42) between China and Britain, and ceding the island of Hong Kong to Britain - the neighbouring "New Territories" were added on a 99-year lease in 1898.
IT HAPPENED ON THIS DAY
Individual chapters are focused on Auschwitz; Hiroshima; Nanking; history on trial; memorials, museums, and monuments, and a wide variety of other related subjects.
The Wages of Guilt: Memories of War in Germany and Japan (reprint, 1994)
China formed a part of the Allied Powers in the WWI, after the WWI there were three civil wars in its territory (1924-1927, 1929-1936, 1946-1949) and the Japanese assault in 1931 from which a big war did spread in 1937 against all China (immediately in 1937 Japanese created a provisional government and in 1940 in nanking the national pro-Japanese government of Wang Ching-Wei).
Stamp of Countries - Pakistan and China

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