| If you are looking for large-scale assimilated iron and | | | | Kuomintang regime after the fall of the Nanjing in 1937. |
| steel complex, motor vehicle and munitions factories, oil | | | | Bombings and raids in 1938 destroyed many of the |
| and copper refineries, chemical and cement plants, | | | | city's historical foundation. It was in 1945 when the |
| machine shops, food-processing establishments, | | | | Japanese finally yielded in defeat. The sponsored U.S. |
| tanneries, and paper mills - all these in one city, you'll | | | | sponsored negotiations by the U.S. was also a |
| find them all in Chungking, the southwest commercial | | | | breakdown between the Communist leader Mao |
| capital of China. | | | | Zedong and the Kuomintang Leader Chiang Kai-shek. |
| The city can be reached through ferries or cruise ships | | | | The city remained to be a Kuomintang monopoly in |
| going downstream from Chongqing to Yichang, or on | | | | 1949 until it fell to the People's Liberation Army. This |
| to Wuhan going to Shanghai. The ferry cruise itself will | | | | was then the start of Chongqing's impressive growth |
| be worth your trip. You get to see so much scenic | | | | in population and economic importance, making it the |
| spots along the way. | | | | major industrial center of southwestern China. |
| Chongqing (Chungking) has a deep history dating back | | | | Chongqing commands a large river trade. It is located |
| to the 13th century B.C. It was once the capital of the | | | | on a rock peninsula surrounded by three strides of |
| Ba Kingdom. The Southern Song Emperor Guangzong | | | | water. It was opened for foreign trade only in 1979. |
| in 1189 gave its present name meaning "Double | | | | Since then, the city flourished and further developed to |
| Celebration". It was done to commemorate his | | | | becoming the site of an economic experiment. Factory |
| succession from princely to imperial rank. | | | | managers were given the power to decide and |
| When the Song period ended, Song forces held off | | | | allowed to control its profits for expansion. |
| Mongol invaders from 1942 to 1278. It was the longest | | | | Much has happened to Chongqing making it China's |
| ever military campaign in China which lasted for over | | | | largest inland urban area that provides economic |
| 36 years at nearby hechuan. In 1891, the city was | | | | opportunity for the rest of the region's poorer |
| opened as a treaty port for both Japanese and British | | | | inhabitants. You will better understand and further |
| traders that were before the Japanese capture of | | | | appreciate how its development greatly impacted the |
| Nanjing during the Second Sino-Japanese War. During | | | | way of living of the inhabitants of Chongqing when you |
| this time, the capital of China was moved to | | | | get to visit the place. Make a mark in your calendars |
| Chongqing. It became the wartime capital of the | | | | then and visit this extraordinary city. |