- a variation of Nanjing.
Nanking
Americannoun
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The ship was there to evacuate British citizens from Nanking during the final months of the civil war, but the attack resulted in the deaths of 20 men and the wounding of 30 more.
From BBC • May 29, 2026
She wrote the screenplay for “Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl,” set during the Cultural Revolution, and the source novella for “The Flowers of War,” a 2011 film starring Christian Bale about the Rape of Nanking.
From Washington Post • May 27, 2021
When Topping departed Nanking, he left Jao the keys to the AP bureau.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 11, 2019
The treaty of Nanking in 1842 ceded Hong Kong to the British.
From Salon • Jul. 4, 2017
But in the upper valley, from Nanking to Hankow and above, I could not find the slightest evidence of enforcement.
From Drugging a Nation The Story of China and the Opium Curse by Merwin, Samuel
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