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Nanking

[nan-king, nahn-king]

noun

Older Spelling.
  1. Nanjing.



Nanking

  1. See Nanjing.

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On his tour, Mr Neogi shows participants the building which housed the first posh restaurant - Nanking - in the 1920s.

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The clip, which came from a documentary of the Nanking massacre, depicted Japanese soldiers killing civilians in the former Chinese capital.

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Some right-wing Japanese politicians have downplayed the death toll or denied outright that the Nanking atrocity happened.

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Remaining on campus, he graduated from Smith Theological Seminary three years later and departed for China, teaching English and Bible classes at the University of Nanking.

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A man from Nanking, China studying at the university in Venice struck up a conversation.

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