CHINA
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Kai-shek and previous rulers. The proud
heritage is etched in thenameof the city:
The suffix
-jing
means “capital,” soNan-
jing is “southerncapital”andBeijing is the
“northerncapital.”Beijingclearly is theseat
of powernow, butNanjinghasn’t forgotten
that itonceruledoverallofChina.
Nanjing isalsoauniversity town. South-
eastUniversityisrenownedforitsengineers.
NanjingUniversity isbetter known for its
classicalarts,producingpoetsandscholars
andmorethanafewnotablepoliticians.But
inaquietcorneroftheuniversity’snorthern
gate (inChina, the southerngate isusually
themain gate), past dormwindowswhere
the stately, terracedDr. SunYat-sen’sMau-
soleum,whichcelebratesthemanwhoboth
mainlandChina andTaiwan consider the
Fatherof theNation.
Therearemoremonuments to the long
political importance of Nanjing. Chief
among these is thePresidentialPalace, the
headquarters of nationalist leaderChiang
Wall,” eggedonbyoutraged local bloggers,
theymanaged to force local authorities to
redrawtheirplanstominimizedamage.
Thegreenerycontinuesallthewaytothe
topofZijin(Purple-Gold)Mountain juston
theoutskirtsoftown.It,too, isteemingwith
visitorsand tourists, thereeither tosee the
tomboftheMingemperorZhiYvanzhangor
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NightlifeonShanghai’sNanjingRoad
East; looking toward theworld-class architectureof
Pudong, suchas the strikingOriental Pearl Tower
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