Nanjing: Mini-guide to China's ancient capital

China's "southern capital" is re-emerging as a center for Chinese culture, food and one strangely beautiful bookstore. Sure, the capital of the Jiangsu province in eastern China isn't as fashionable as Shanghai. Nor is its architecture as majestic as Beijing's. But the immense wealth of well-preserved Chinese culture and history, architecture unique to China's Minguo era (1912-1949) and roots of one of China’s finest cuisines are highly alluring. Read more