__25__ Nanjing has shown a remarkable capacity for reinvention during its 2,500­year history. And in recent years, the city has moved __26__ its tragic past to become a vital engine of China's economic growth, thanks __27__ to its position in the middle of China's prosperous eastern seaboard. Growth has also __28__ thanks to improved ground transportation. A new bullet train linking Nanjing and Shanghai started service last year, __29__ travel time between the cities from several hours to just 75 minutes, and a Beijing­Shanghai high­speed line is __30__ to open later this year, with a stop in Nanjing. Within the city, two metro lines were built in the last few years; fifteen more are planned to begin service by 2030.

　　Signs of Nanjing's __31__ wealth and optimism can be seen everywhere. In the heart of the downtown Xinjiekou district, a bronze statue of Sun Yat­sen, __32__ the father of modern China, looks __33__ over a busy __34__ area.

　　There is perhaps no more __35__ symbol of the city's transformation than the Zifeng Tower, a 1,480­foot skyscraper that opened its doors last May. __36__ offices, restaurants and an intercontinental hotel, the tower is the second­tallest building in China and billed as the seventh­tallest in the world.

　　Underlying all this development is a large Chinese and __37__student population—there are several major universities, plus a branch of Johns Hopkins School of Advanced international studies. In fact, art and music __38__ in all sorts of places.

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