Also known as the, “Nanking Massacre or the Rape of Nanking” (History), was the annihilation of hundreds of thousands of Chinese soldiers, women, and children by the Imperial Japanese Army. The former capital of Nationalist China as well as several empires such as the Ming and Qing Dynasties, (Nanjing) is located approximately 200 miles up the Yangtze River from Shanghai in Eastern China. Nanjing is located in a key location in the country due to the fact that the Yangtze allows trade vessels from Sichuan in Western China to travel to Shanghai and the Pacific Ocean. This factor allowed Nanjing to have a strengthen economy and more influential impact on the country compared to other cities. Today, it is the currently capital of China’s Jiangsu province. In Chinese, Nanjing is directly translated into, “Southern Capital” (China
Also known as the, “Nanking Massacre or the Rape of Nanking” (History), was the annihilation of hundreds of thousands of Chinese soldiers, women, and children by the Imperial Japanese Army. The former capital of Nationalist China as well as several empires such as the Ming and Qing Dynasties, (Nanjing) is located approximately 200 miles up the Yangtze River from Shanghai in Eastern China. Nanjing is located in a key location in the country due to the fact that the Yangtze allows trade vessels from Sichuan in Western China to travel to Shanghai and the Pacific Ocean. This factor allowed Nanjing to have a strengthen economy and more influential impact on the country compared to other cities. Today, it is the currently capital of China’s Jiangsu province. In Chinese, Nanjing is directly translated into, “Southern Capital” (China