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Why China Moved Its Capital From Nanjing To Beijing | Kuang Sheng
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Nanjing was the capital of six Chinese dynasties. So why did China’s emperors eventually move the capital to Beijing?
Kuang Sheng, an economics student at DKU, grew up in Nanjing, China. In this episode, he takes us through Nanjing’s history, from the Ming dynasty and the Great Wall to Sun Yat-sen and the birth of modern China, and shares what it was like growing up in a city where education comes first.
He shares:
■ Why dynasties based in Nanjing struggled to last, and why the capital moved to Beijing
■ How the Great Wall we see today was built
■ Nanjing’s temple traditions…
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