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Ermanno Carlotto
} ''Ermanno Carlotto'' was a river gunboat of the Italian ''Regia Marina'' (Royal Navy). After the Armistice of Cassibile, Italian armistice of 1943 she served in the Imperial Japanese Navy as ''Narumi'', while after the end of World War II she was used by the Navy of the Republic of China and then by the Navy of the People's Republic of China as ''Qian Kun''. History Service in the ''Regia Marina'' Construction In 1910, at the request of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Italy), Italian foreign ministry (in turn contacted by the List of ambassadors of Italy to China, Italian ambassador in Beijing), the ''Regia Marina'' decided to build two river gunboats to be stationed in China, to protect the Italian communities along the Chinese rivers and in particular the upper Yangtze and the Hai River, Hai, where Italian traders and entrepreneurs had built textile industry, textile factories and managed trade, commercial activities.Achille Rastelli, ''Italiani a Shanghai. La Regia Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shanghai
Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flowing through it. With a population of 24.89 million as of 2021, Shanghai is the most populous urban area in China with 39,300,000 inhabitants living in the Shanghai metropolitan area, the second most populous city proper in the world (after Chongqing) and the only city in East Asia with a GDP greater than its corresponding capital. Shanghai ranks second among the administrative divisions of Mainland China in human development index (after Beijing). As of 2018, the Greater Shanghai metropolitan area was estimated to produce a gross metropolitan product (nominal) of nearly 9.1 trillion RMB ($1.33 trillion), exceeding that of Mexico with GDP of $1.22 trillion, the 15th largest in the world. Shanghai is one of the world's major centers for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
