Nanjing Zifeng Tower (found on http://www.chinabuilders.net/) Museums mentionned are the Contemporary International Practical Exhibition of Architecture , the Nanjing Sifang Art Museum and The Nanjing Drug Art Museum. The article associate the renewal of the city with the desire to have more contemporary art and the increase of live music. He also says that a lot of this come from around the universities. From the description the city seems very lively and open minded.
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Saturday, March 26, 2011
the rise of Nanjing
http://travel.nytimes.com/2011/03/20/travel/20nextstop-nanjing.html?scp=3&sq=china&st=cse The article looks at the recent development of Nanjing as a cosmopolitan city and a "vital engine of China's economic growth". The city is saddly known for "the Rape of Nanking" conducted in 1937 by the Japanese Army. But nowadays, thanks in part to its geographical position, the city is blossoming and one way it shows is through the Zifeng Tower (shown below) and the establishment of different museums. 
Nanjing Zifeng Tower (found on http://www.chinabuilders.net/) Museums mentionned are the Contemporary International Practical Exhibition of Architecture , the Nanjing Sifang Art Museum and The Nanjing Drug Art Museum. The article associate the renewal of the city with the desire to have more contemporary art and the increase of live music. He also says that a lot of this come from around the universities. From the description the city seems very lively and open minded.
Nanjing Zifeng Tower (found on http://www.chinabuilders.net/) Museums mentionned are the Contemporary International Practical Exhibition of Architecture , the Nanjing Sifang Art Museum and The Nanjing Drug Art Museum. The article associate the renewal of the city with the desire to have more contemporary art and the increase of live music. He also says that a lot of this come from around the universities. From the description the city seems very lively and open minded.
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