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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? |
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