Nanjing(南京), capital of Jiangsu province, China. Population 9.43 million.
History
Nanjing's history dates back 3,100 years
In 229., the capital of Eastern Wu was established in Nanjing. Since then Nanjing has been an important city.
In 1927, the capital of the Republic of China was set in Nanjing.
In 1937, the Japanese army occupied Nanjing and carried out a massacre. Conservative estimates put the death toll at over 300,000