Life in Chongqing, unlikely wartime capital of China, captured in photographic ode to the city

Life in Chongqing, unlikely wartime capital of China, captured in photographic ode to the city

Chungking – as English speakers referred to Chongqing in the early 20th century – was an unlikely capital. Deep inside China, in Szechuan (Sichuan) province, the city became the seat of Chiang Kai-shek’s government on November 20, 1937, when Chiang officially transferred China’s government from its previous long-time capital, Nanking (Nanjing). In a mobilisation unlike … Read more