The atonalHanyu Pinyin romanization of theMandarin南京(Nánjīng), composed of南(“south,southern”) and京(jīng,“capital”), distinguishing it fromBeijing to the north, and first applied informally during the reign of theYongle Emperor of theMing Dynasty, who preferred to rule from Beijing but was obliged to treat Nanjing as a secondary capital by thedynastic injunctions of his father theHongwu Emperor. The name continued a practice of several preceding dynasties—especially those of nomadic conquerers from the north such as theJin andLiao—of maintaining a number of separate capitals designated by their cardinal directions.
2014 December 13, “China's Xi: Nanjing massacre undeniable”, inDeutsche Welle[2], archived fromthe original on25 April 2016, Asia[3]:
For the first time on Saturday, China held a national day of remembrance on the 77th anniversary of Japanese atrocities committed in the city ofNanjing in the run-up to World War II. President Xi Jinping led the commemorations in front of a crowd of some 10,000 people, among whom were survivors or relatives of victims of the "Rape of Nanking," a six-week reign of terror during which the Imperial Japanese Army carried out mass killings and rapes.
2016 March 28, “Taiwanese semiconductor company announces large investment in China”, inEFE[4], archived fromthe original on08 September 2022[5]:
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) chairman Morris Chang will sign a contract with the government of the eastern Chinese city ofNanjing to carry out the largest Taiwanese investment in China, Taiwan's Central News Agency (CNA) reported today.
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