Editing Nanjing (section)

=== Chinese Civil War and People's Republic ===
{{see also|Yangtze River Crossing campaign}}
In April 1949, Communist forces crossed the [[Yangtze River]] and the Communist [[People's Liberation Army]] (PLA) captured Nanjing.<ref name="Zhang">Zhang, Chunhou. Vaughan, C. Edwin. [2002] (2002). Mao Zedong as Poet and Revolutionary Leader: Social and Historical Perspectives. Lexington books. {{ISBN|0-7391-0406-3}}. p 65, p 58</ref> The KMT government retreated to Canton ([[Guangzhou]]) until October 15, Chongqing until November 25, and then [[Chengdu]] before retreating to the [[Geography of Taiwan|island of Taiwan]] on December 10 where [[Taipei]] was proclaimed the [[temporary capital]] of the Republic of China. By late 1949, the PLA was pursuing remnants of KMT forces southwards in southern China, and only [[Tibet (1912–51)|Tibet]] and [[Hainan Island]] were left.

After the establishment of the People's Republic of China in October 1949, Nanjing was initially a [[province-level municipality]], but it was soon merged into Jiangsu and again became the provincial capital by replacing [[Zhenjiang]] which was transferred in 1928, and retains that status to this day.