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Nanjing

China

Nanjing, in the Yangtze River delta of eastern China, is the capital of Jiangsu province. As Jiankang it was the capital of the Eastern Jin and Southern dynasties between 317 and 589. The Ming dynasty ruled from Nanjing from 1368 until 1421, after which it remained the secondary, southern capital, the meaning of its name. In the late 16th century Jesuit missionaries led by Matteo Ricci established a presence there. Nanjing was the capital of the Republic of China in 1927-37 and 1946-49, and in 1937-38 it suffered the Nanjing Massacre under Japanese occupation.

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