I took the high-speed rail to visit Hangzhou and Nanjing in Spring 2012. Hangzhou is famous for the West Lake, with its countless pagodas and sightseeing boats. (It was smoggy the day I went.) Nanjing is the southern capital of China; it served as capital briefly in the Ming Dynasty and again briefly during the days of Nationalist China under Chiang Kaishek.

Water-painting in Hangzhou

West Lake in Hangzhou

Tomb of Yue Fei (Southern Song general) in Hangzhou

Tomb of First Ming Emperor in Nanjing

View from City Wall in Nanjing

Chiang Kaishek's villa, Buick 8, and home office in Nanjing

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