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PRESIDENTIAL PALACE
Serving several functions throughout the course of its history, the Presidential Palace stands in Nanjing's Xuanwu District where it occupies the site of two former official palaces dating back to the Ming Dynasty. During the Qing Dynasty the site operated as a governmental office for the Viceroy of Liangjiang, who oversaw the region that is now Jinagsu, Anhui, and Jiangxi Provence.
Although Sun Yat-sen was recognized as the Republic of China's first provisional President following the Xinhai Revolution in 1911, the palace was not officially used until 1927 when Kuomintang’s Northern Expedition captured Nanjing. It was under this seizure that the Palace became the Headquarters of the Nationalist Government.
The palace was then occupied by Wang Jingwei, who conspired with the Japanese during the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945), ousting Chiang Kai-shek's government. When the Japanese surrendered in 1945, the Nationalist Government returned to power in the palace. The palace later adopted the name Office of the President in 1947 under the new Constitution of the Republic of China.
The Presidential Palace operated under different management yet again in 1949 as the Chinese Civil War came to an end. Communist forces captured Nanjing, forcing Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalist Government to flee to Taiwan. Mao Zedong declared Beijing the official capital of the newly formed People's Republic of China, leaving Nanjing's Presidential Palace to hold necessary government functions. During the 1980's the palace began to serve as a museum documenting China's modern history. The museum houses a rare display of the flag of the Republic of China, recognizing a critical point in the nation's modern historical evolution.
