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Nanjing (help·info) (Chinese: 南京; Romanizations: Nánjīng (Pinyin), Nan-ching (Wae-Giles), Nanking (Postal map spelling)) is the capital of China's Jiangsu Province, and a city with a prominent place in Chinese history and culture. Nanjing (literally: 'Southern capital') served as the capital of China during several historical periods, including as the former capital city of Republic of China, and is listed as one of the Four Great Ancient Capitals of China. Nanjing is also one of the fifteen sub-provincial cities in the People's Republic of China's administrative structure, enjoying jurisdictional and economic autonomy only slightly less than that of a province.

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  • It was China's capital from 1928 until its brutal capture by Japanese forces in 1937
  • Peking means "northern capital" & this Yangtze River city's name means "southern capital"
  • As many as 300,000 may have died in the Japanese takeover of this city in December 1937
  • Now the capital of China's Jiangsu province, it was once the capital of all China under Chiang Kai-shek

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