Possible Clues:

• City bombed in Germany or China
• City on the River Elbe
• Study involving leader of sect in Red China
• City in 17, capital of Saxony
• Where Wagner's "Tannhäuser" was first performed
• Bombed city in Germany or China
• Badly bombed city, home to fine porcelain
• European city needs empty road developed
• Lair accommodating son taken in Red China
• Capital of Saxony largely destroyed in a firestorm by British and American bombers in 1945