Nanking
China's former capital
Nanking is an older romanization of Nanjing, a major city in eastern China.
The spelling appears in historical contexts, particularly the Nanking Massacre (1937-38), when Japanese forces killed hundreds of thousands of Chinese civilians and soldiers.
The Treaty of Nanking (1842) ended the First Opium War.
Modern usage generally prefers Nanjing.
Chinese imperial era, 1368–1644
- capitalWealth used for investment
- dynastySuccessive family rulers
- Republic of ChinaTaiwan's formal designation
- mausoleumMonumental building for interment
Sun Yat-sen · Chiang Kai-shek · Japanese occupation · massacre · memorial · city wall · Yangtze · ancient
Progress toward maturity
- urbanizationPopulation shift toward cities
- universityHigher education institution
- technology hubArea concentrated with innovation
- metroUrban rail transit
infrastructure · economic zone · high-speed rail · skyline · contemporary · business district · research · innovation
Translucent fired clay
- silkFine woven insect fiber
- ConfuciusAncient Chinese ethical teacher
- templeSacred worship structure
- lantern festivalCelebration featuring decorative lights
salted duck · cuisine · pagoda · calligraphy · stone carvings · drum tower · bell tower · teahouse
Ming
Chinese imperial era, 1368–1644
- capitalWealth used for investment
- dynastySuccessive family rulers
- Republic of ChinaTaiwan's formal designation
Sun Yat-sen · mausoleum · Chiang Kai-shek · Japanese occupation · massacre · memorial · city wall · Yangtze · ancient · imperial
development
Progress toward maturity
- urbanizationPopulation shift toward cities
- universityHigher education institution
- technology hubArea concentrated with innovation
metro · infrastructure · economic zone · high-speed rail · skyline · contemporary · business district · research · innovation
porcelain
Translucent fired clay
lantern festival · salted duck · cuisine · pagoda · calligraphy · stone carvings · drum tower · bell tower · teahouse · opera
- river citiesAmsterdam, Paris, London, Cairo, Vienna
- Japanese Empireimperial expansion, Manchuria, Korea, Taiwan, China
- atrocitiesHolocaust, genocide, massacre, massacres, ethnic cleansing
- Atrocity SitesAuschwitz-Birkenau, Buchenwald, Bergen-Belsen, Sachsenhausen, Warsaw Ghetto
- Wade-GilesPeking, Chungking, Szechuan, Yunnan, Hunan
- JapanTokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, Mount Fuji, Hokkaido
NankingTokyo
Japan's capital city
Hiroshima · Nagasaki · Imperial Japan · Pearl Harbor · Nuremberg
- Nanking Massacre1937 mass atrocity against Chinese civilians
- Treaty of Nanking1842 Anglo-Chinese peace accord