The capital of imperial China between the sixth and 15th centuries, Nanjing today is a centre for innovation that has held onto its history. The eastern city – whose name, meaning “southern ...

This file photo shows Ai Yiying, a Nanjing Massacre survivor, visiting the Summer Palace in Beijing, capital of China, in the 1990s. [Photo/Xinhua] ...

But the city needed a symbol of power, so in lieu of his ascension in 1368, the Ming Palace was built. To date, no building better charts the turbulent history of Nanjing. The Yongle Emperor ...

Nanjing is one of the six famous ancient capitals ... what one sees today is only part of the Dragon King Palace (Longwangdian) of the former grand temple. The present temple houses a memorial ...