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the Qing viceroy and the Taiping king
Who lived in buildings that would later come to be known as the Presidential Palace?
1864
When did Qing troops regain Nanjing?
over 100,000
How many people died during the Qing troops retaking of Nanjing?
Taiping
Qing troops allowed no rebels who spoke what dialect to surrender?
Zeng Guofan
Who was the leader of the Qing troops?
January 1912
When was the Republic of China founded?
Sun Yat-sen
Who was the first president of the Republic of China?
Yuan Shikai
Who moved the capital from Nanjing to Beijing?
1927
When was Nanjing re-established as the capital of the Republic of China?
the Kuomintang (KMT; Nationalist Party)
What party established Nanjing as the capital of the Republic of China?
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek
Who was the leader of the Kuomintang (KMT; Nationalist Party)?
the Nanking decade
What are the 1930's known as, in China?
1928
When did the Kuomintang (KMT; Nationalist Party) defeat and take over Beijing?
1931
When did Japan invade Manchuria?
1937
When did Japan invade all of China?
the Imperial Japanese Army
Who killed innocent civilians in the Nanking Massacre?
between 300,000 and 350,000
How many died in the Nanking Massacre?
1985
When was the Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall built?
A few days before the fall of the city
When was the National Government of China moved to Chungking?
1940
When was the Nanjing Regime established?
Wang Jingwei
Who was the leader of the Nanjing Regime?
1946
When did the KMT move back to Nanjing?
"Reorganized National Government of China"
What was another name for the Nanjing Regime?
21 April
When did the Communist troops cross the Yangtze River?
April 23, 1949
When was Nanjing conquered by the Communist People's Liberation Army (PLA)?
Canton (Guangzhou)
Where did the KMT government stay until October 15?
December 10
When did the KMT government head to Taiwan?
October 1949
When was the People's Republic of China formed?
2,548 sq mi
How large is Nanjing, in miles?
past the west side and then north side
Where does the Yangtze River flow in Nanjing?
190 mi
How far is Nanjing from Shanghai, in miles?
750 mi
How far is Nanjing from Beijing?
Hsiajiang (下江, Downstream River) region
What is the name of the area of land around Nanjing?
Yangzhou
What city is northeast of Nanjing?
Changzhou
What is southeast of Nanjing?
Anhui province
What province is to the west of Nanjing?
five
How many prefecture-size cities are in the province of Anhui?
Zhenjiang
What city is on the border of Nanjing to the East?
Yangtze River
What is the east-west waterway near Nanjing?
Nanjing–Beijing railway
What is the railway that runs South to North called?
Zhong Mountain
What mountain is in the East are of Nanjing?
Stone Mountain
What mountain lies in the west of Nanjing?
tiger
Stone Mountain is compared to what animal?
a humid subtropical climate
What type of climate does Nanjing enjoy?
the East Asian monsoon
What monsoon affects Nanjing?
Chongqing and Wuhan
Nanjing is one of three "Furnacelike" cities. What are the other two cities?
115 days
How many days of rain does Nanjing get a year, on average?
1,983 hours
How many hours of bright sunshine does Nanjing get each year?
40
How many types of minerals are found in Nanjing?
iron and sulfur
Which minerals comprise 40 percent of those in the province?
strontium
For what mineral reserve does Nanjing rank first in both East Asia and the South East Asia areas?
the Yangtze River and groundwater
What are Nanjing's main water sources?
Tangshan Hot Spring
What hot spring is in Jiangning?
Xuanwu Lake and Mochou Lake
What lakes are in the middle of Nanjing?
evergreens and oaks
What type of trees are on Purple Mountain?
Liu Bei
Who convinced Sun Quan to make Nanjing his capital?
Nanjing's impeccable geographic position
What impressed Liu Bei so much about Nanjing?
the Yangtze River and mountains
What is Nanjing surrounded by?
2 December 2013
When did a thick wave of smog first appear in Central and Eastern China?
five straight days
How long was Nanjing ranked as "severely polluted" during this wave?
From 5 to 6 December
On what days did Nanjing have to issue a Red Alert because of the severe air pollution?
"People's Government of Nanjing City"
What is the full name for Nanjing's government?
one-party
How many parties rule Nanjing?
the CPC
What party rules Nanjing?
the CPC Nanjing Committee Secretary
Who is considered to be the governor of Nanjing?
the mayor
who is the executive leader of Nanjing, working under the secretary?
8.005 million
What was the population of Nanjing in 2010?
8.11 million
What was the estimated population of Nanjing in 2011?
the Sixth China Census
How was the population figure for 2010 obtained?
8.86 percent
What was Nanjing's birth rate?
6.47 million
How many people were considered to be living in the urban portion of Nanjing?
Han nationality
What is the overwhelming ethnic majority in Nanjing?
Hui nationalities
What minority nationality is most common?
Manchu
What is the second most common minority group in Nanjing?
2,311
How many people of Manchu descent live in Nanjing?
50
How many minority nationality types does Nanjing contain?
minting
In addition to textiles, what other industry is Nanjing known for, since the Three Kingdoms period?
its strategic geographical location and convenient transportation
Why is Nanjing so strong in textiles and minting?
Ming
During what dynasty was Nanjing the biggest business center in all of East Asia?
Qing
In what dynasty were textiles particularly popular?
around 200 thousand jobs
During the textile boom, how many jobs were created?
Into the first half of the twentieth century
In what time period did Nanjing transform from a producer to more of a consumer city?
the rapid expansion of its wealthy population
What mostly caused the shift to a consumer city?
huge department stores
What is Zhongyang Shangchang?
1933
In what year did the revenue of food and entertainment eclipse the output of industry?
One third of the city population
How much of the population worked in a service capacity at that time?
a series of state-owned heavy industries
What did the government build in Nanjing during the 1950's?
negative economic growth
The mistakes the government made during this period resulted in what type of growth?
Five
How many Pillar industries were there from the 1960s to the 1980s?
large numbers of layoff
The inability to compete with multinational firms led to what for workers?
“world-class”
The government wanted Nanjing to be what kind of industrial city?
Service industries
What type of industries are now dominant in Nanjing?
about 60 percent
How much of the city's GDP do the service industries contribute to?
many R & D centers and institutions
Companies such as Huawei, ZTE and Lenovo have built what in Nanjing?
research center
Companies such as Ford, IBM, Lucent, Samsung and SAP have built what in Nanjing?
financial industry, culture industry and tourism industry
The top 3 industries in Nanjing are?
RMB 801 billion
What was Nanjing's GDP in 2013?
RMB 98,174(US$16041)
What was Nanjing's GDP per person in 2013?
increase
Was the GDP in 2013 an increase or decrease over 2012's levels?
lower than the national average
How was Nanjing's unemployment rate, compared to the nation as a whole?