Nanking

IMG:p404_1.png:Chinese characters southern capital; the official name being Chiang ning IMG:p404_2.png:Chinese characters a-lso called Chin ling IMG:p404_3.png:Chinese characters or Golden Ridge; a city on the south bank of the Yangtze in lal. 32° 4' N. and long. 118°- 45' E., 193 miles by rail from Shanghai. Its history as a walled city extends back to the Han dynasty. It was the capital of the Wu principality in the second century. Its great days were under Hung Wu, who made it the Ming capital in 1368. It was taken by the Manchus, and again by the T'ai P'ing rebels, who d'estroyed the famous Porcelain Pagoda and the Imperial palace and left the city desolate. In 1911 the Revolutionists took it after severe fighting. It was again taken by Chang HsiiN in the Second Revolution of 1913, and suffered three days' looting. The first Provincial A embly was held there in 1909. The British captured it in 1842 and the First War was then closed by the Treaty of Nanking. It was opened to foreign trade by the French treaty of 1858, but the formal opening did not take place till 1899. The railway to Shanghai was opened in 1909, and it is now connected with the north by the Tientsin-Pukow railway. Other lines are projected, and Nanking, so far unimportant IMG:p404_4.png:Chinese characters may have a great future before it as a railiway centre. It is an educational and Mi ion centre, having a University and several colleges. The population is 350,000. 1915 1916 Net Foreign Imports 12,484,333 12.247,142 Net Chinese „ 2,211,164 2,560,591 E.xports 7,623,726 9,560,268 Total Hk.Tls 22,319,223 24,368,001 Gmllari): Nanhin port ouvcrt, (Var. Sin.).