Nanking
Americannoun
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On his tour, Mr Neogi shows participants the building which housed the first posh restaurant - Nanking - in the 1920s.
From BBC • Nov. 25, 2023
The treaty of Nanking in 1842 ceded Hong Kong to the British.
From Salon • Jul. 4, 2017
Peking is still the storm centre—the local Youth League leaders were all replaced this week—but the dragnet is widening to Shanghai, to Nanking and as far out as Kweichow and Yunnan.
From Economist • May 13, 2016
If you think you've seen this movie before, you may be remembering "Nanking," a devastating 2007 film that took a documentary-style approach.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 7, 2011
Nanking would also have been captured had not the imperial government, dreading the loss of the “Southern Capital,” proposed terms of peace.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" by Various
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