 Kubva muna 1928 kusvika muna 1949, Nanjing ndiyo yaiva guta guru reRepublic of China, uye Zhenjiang ndiyo yaiva guta guru redunhu reJiangsu. Munguva yeHondo Yenyika II, guta rakawira kuJapans Shanghai Expeditionary Army mangwanani e8 Zvita 1937, nguva pfupi Nanjing isati yatorwa., asi kurwisana kwavagari vomunzvimbomo navaJapan kuchiri kupembererwa pakati pavaChinese. Apo maKomonisiti akakunda Hondo yaVagari vomuChina ndokutamisira dzimbahwe kuBeijing, Nanjing yakatangazve basa rayo seguta guru reJiangsu. 