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Changsha
City (pop., 1990: 1,113,000), capital of Hunan province, China. Located in SE central China, it was (according to tradition) formerly enclosed by a wall built in 202 BC. In AD 750-1100 Changsha was an important commercial city, and its population increased greatly. Under the Qing dynasty, from 1664, it was the capital of Hunan province, and a major rice market. It was besieged during the Taiping Rebellion but never fell. It was the site of Mao Zedong's conversion to Communism. It was the scene of major battles in the Sino-Japanese War, and briefly occupied by the Japanese. Rebuilt since 1949, the city is now a major port and a commercial and industrial center.


Changan
Ancient capital of China during the Han, Sui, and Tang dynasties, near present-day Xi'an. From the mid-4th cent. it was a center of Buddhist studies. Wendi, first emperor of the Sui, expanded Changan: its outer walls were 6 mi (9.7 km) by 5 mi (8.2 km), with 14 avenues running north-south and 11 running east-west. The center of the N boundary was the site of the imperial palace; in front of it was an administrative compound 3 mi (4.5 km) square. Until the proscription of foreign religions in the 840s, Changan contained numerous Buddhist temples, along with Nestorian, Manichaean, and Zoroastrian churches and many Taoist monasteries. It was reduced to ruins in the 880s by the rebel Huang Zhao, and future dynasties established their capitals elsewhere.


Jiangsu
Province (pop., 1996 est.: 70,660,000), E China. Its capital is Nanking. It occupies a wide alluvial plain that is divided into two sections by the estuary of the Chang (Yangtze) River. One of the smallest and most densely populated provinces of China, it is also one of the richest. Once a part of the ancient state of Wu, the region was part of the Nanking province under the Ming dynasty (1368-1644). It became a separate province in 1667 and served as the headquarters (1853-64) for the Taiping Rebellion. It was an important base for China's Nationalist Party, which made Nanking the nation's capital 1928-37 and again 1946-49. The province was occupied by Japan during the Sino-Japanese War (1937-45) and came under Communist control in 1949. It is an important agricultural producer, and has factories producing steel and electronics.


Shanghai
Municipality with provincial status (pop., 1996 est.: 14,150,000), E central China. It is located on the Huangpu River, which allows oceangoing vessels access during high tide. It was settled c.AD 1000, and later under the Ming dynasty it was an area of intense cotton production. This changed when Shanghai became the first Chinese port opened to trade with the West after China's defeat by Britain in the Opium Wars (1842); it came to dominate the nation's commerce. The site of the Chinese Communist Party's founding in 1921, it saw severe fighting in the Sino-Japanese War and was occupied by Japan during World War ...

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