Location within China

The Liaodong Peninsula (sim. ch. 辽东半岛) is a peninsula in the Liaoning province of northeastern China, historically known in the west as southern east-Manchuria. Liaodong (formerly Liaotung) means "East of the Liao". The Liao was a river during the Warring States that divided the Yan commandries of Liaoxi (Simplified Chinese: 辽西)(west of the Liao) and Liaodong. Download high resolution version (1804x1322, 278 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Dalian Categories: GFDL images ... Download high resolution version (1804x1322, 278 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Dalian Categories: GFDL images ... Simplified Chinese characters (Simplified Chinese: 简体字; Traditional Chinese: 簡體字; pinyin: jiÇŽntǐzì; also called 简化字/簡化字, jiÇŽnhuàzì) are one of two standard character sets of printed contemporary Chinese written language. ... Peninsula A peninsula (Latin, literally meaning almost island) is a geographical formation consisting of an extension of land from a larger body, surrounded by water on three sides. ... Liaoning (Simplified Chinese: 辽宁; Traditional Chinese: 遼寧; pinyin: ) is a northeastern province of the Peoples Republic of China. ... Extent of Manchuria according to Definition 1 (dark red), Definition 3 (dark red + medium red) and Definition 4 (dark red + medium red + light red) Manchuria (Manchu: Manju, Simplified: 满洲; Traditional: 滿洲; Hanyu Pinyin: ) is a name given to a vast territorial region in northeast Asia. ... Alternative meaning: Warring States Period (Japan) The Warring States Period (traditional Chinese: 戰國時代, simplified Chinese: 战国时代 pinyin Zhànguó Shídài) takes place from sometime in the 5th century BC to the unification of China by Qin in 221 BC. It is nominally considered to be the second part of the Eastern...

Geography

The peninsula lies at the north of the Yellow Sea, between the Bohai Sea to the west and the Korea Bay to the east. ... Bo Hai (Chinese: 渤海; pinyin: B hăi; Wade-Giles: Po-hai lit. ... The Korea Bay is located at the north of the Yellow Sea, between Liaoning Province of China and North Pyŏngan Province of North Korea. ...

It forms the southern part of a mountain belt that continues northward in the Changbai Mountains. The part of the mountain range on the peninsula is known as the Qian Mountains. The Changbai (Changbaek) Mountains are a mountain range on the border between China and North Korea. ...

The two seaports 'Dalian' ('Dairen' in Japanese) Midway along the peninsula at its narrowest Isthmus and Port Arthur/Lushun (now a consolidation of several municipalities known as Lüshun City), is located at its southernmost point. Lüshun City is the governmental district seat of the southernmost 'Dalian districts' (county level government), known as Lüshunkou ('Lüshun Port', literally), organized under the sub-provincial city of 'Dalian'. Lushun/Port Arthur has a large lakelike naturally protected harbor and semi-sheltered outer roadstead making it very attractive to imperialist powers at the end of the ninteenth century. Dalny/Dairen/Dalian's harbor required greater investment, initially supplied by the Russians, but turned into a first class city under the Japanese period of adminsitration (1905 — 1945) The two ports are about 25 miles apart by rail, but circa 40 nautical miles apart by sea. Lüshun is 550 rail miles south of the Manchurian Railway Hub Railroad Hub Rail hub city of Harbin on the historic Southern Manchurian Railway (todays CER, which construction was one of the underlying casus belli of the Russo-Japanese War (See history below). Categories: Stub | Commercial item transport and distribution | Transportation ... (大連 or 大连) Dalian, Liaoning Dalian Dalian (Simplified Chinese: 大连; Traditional Chinese: 大連; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Ta-lien), or Dalny (during Russian controlled periods, aka Dairen during Japanese periods, or from Mid-century (Jointly administered by both USSR/PRC) formerly also Lüda or Luta), is the second of two strategic ice-free seaports... onnects North America and South America. ... Port Arthur is the name of some places: Port Arthur, Tasmania, Australia Old Western name for Lushun, China Port Arthur, Texas, United States of America Port Arthur, Ontario, a city in Ontario, Canada, became part of Thunder Bay in 1970. ... A sub-provincial city (副省级城市), or vice-provincial city, in the Peoples Republic of China, is a prefecture-level city that is ruled by a province, but is administered independently in regard to economy and law. ... See power Powers, a comic book series by Brian Michael Bendis and Mike Avon Oeming (Super) powers, special abilities of super-humans, aliens, etc. ... // Events and Trends Technology Lawrence Hargrave makes the first stable wing design for a heavier-than-air aircraft Orville and Wilbur Wright make the first documented flight in a powered heavier-than-air aircraft Mass production of automobile Wide popularity of home phonograph Panama Canal is built by the United... 1905 (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Harbin (Simplified: 哈尔滨; Traditional: 哈爾濱; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Ha-erh-pin; Russian Харби́н Kharbin) is a sub-provincial city and the capital of the Heilongjiang Province in north-east China. ... The China Far East Railway (a. ... Casus belli is a Latin expression from the international law theory of Jus ad bellum. ... Combatants Imperial Russia Empire of Japan Commanders Strength 500,000 Soldiers 400,000 Soldiers Casualties 125,000 Killed or Wounded 85,000 Killed or Wounded Greater Manchuria, Russian (outer) Manchuria is region to upper right in lighter Red; Liaodong Peninsula is the wedge extending into the Yellow Sea The Russo...

History

The peninsula was an important battlefield during the First Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895), which the Japanese won handily, inflicting a crippling loss on the Chinese Empire from which it never recovered, as the worlds imperialist powers, then extracted one unequal concession after another, circling like jackals. The peninsula was ceded to Japan by the Treaty of Shimonoseki of April 17, 1895 but Japan was forced to give it up ('recede' it to China) after the Triple Intervention of April 23, 1895 by Russia, France and Germany. This caused huge resentment among the Japanese people and government — and eventually led to the Russo-Japanese War (1904 — 1905) when bi-polar negotiations over various rights on the peninsula, Manchuria, and Korea broke down, due to Russia's unwillingness to treat seriously with Japan as another power. Both sides were preparing for war as 1903 progressed, but the Japanese had anticipated a war with some one of the imperialist western powers eventually starting immediately after the Triple Intervention, and had a war plan ready contingent upon negotions failing, having scant success from the time the talks began in 1902; The Russians were sending forces and materials to Manchuria, but had not put together a comprehensive war plan, feeling that Japan would never attack, and that they had six months or so to get one together. The Russians were probably over confident due to the recent completion of the single tracked Trans-Siberian Railway and Manchurian Railways allowing men and materials to flow reasonably freely down its 5,500 mile length. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... See power Powers, a comic book series by Brian Michael Bendis and Mike Avon Oeming (Super) powers, special abilities of super-humans, aliens, etc. ... The Shunpanrō hall where the Treaty of Shimonoseki was signed The Treaty of Shimonoseki (Japanese: 下関条約, Shimonoseki Jōyaku), known as the Treaty of Maguan (T. Chinese: 馬關條約, S. Chinese: 马关条约;) in China, was signed at the Shunpanrō hall on April 17, 1895 between the Empire of Japan and the Qing Empire. ... After the Treaty of Shimonoseki was signed between Japan and China on April 17, 1895 to conclude the First Sino-Japanese War (1894-95) three European Powers (Russia, Germany and France) intervened on April 23 with so-called friendly advice to Japan to retrocede the Liaotung peninsula including Lushun (Port... Combatants Imperial Russia Empire of Japan Commanders Strength 500,000 Soldiers 400,000 Soldiers Casualties 125,000 Killed or Wounded 85,000 Killed or Wounded Greater Manchuria, Russian (outer) Manchuria is region to upper right in lighter Red; Liaodong Peninsula is the wedge extending into the Yellow Sea The Russo... 1904 (MCMIV) is a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1905 (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Extent of Manchuria according to Definition 1 (dark red), Definition 3 (dark red + medium red) and Definition 4 (dark red + medium red + light red) Manchuria (Manchu: Manju, Simplified: 满洲; Traditional: 滿洲; Hanyu Pinyin: ) is a name given to a vast territorial region in northeast Asia. ... 1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... The Manchurian Railway was a single tracked line extending (and shortening) the famous worlds longest railroad, the Trans-Siberian Railway from the Siberian city of Chita via Harbin across northern inner Manchuria to the Russian port of Vladivostok. ...

Both sides declared war somewhat after the actual start of hostilities in the Battle of Port Arthur at the tip of the Liaodong. Port Arthur and the Liaodong north to Marduk were central to the entirety of the war, as they had been during the First Sino-Japanese conflict. The war had many 'firsts' and military lessons: the largest opposing field armies, theretofore, naval actions between the most (modern) equally matched naval forces, the most decisive naval victory since Trafalgar, extensive machine gun and rapid fire artillery duels. The Battle of Port Arthur (February 9, 1904) was the opening battle of the Russo-Japanese War. ...

As a consequence of the Treaty of Portsmouth (September 5, 1905), which ended the Russo-Japanese War, both sides agreed to evacuate Manchuria and return its sovereignty to China, but Japan was given the lease for the Liaotung/Liaodong which had been coherced by the Russian government from the much weakened Qing dynasty then ruling China. Treaty signing ceremony The Treaty of Portsmouth formally ended the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–05. ... September 5 is the 248th day of the year (249th in leap years). ... 1905 (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Combatants Imperial Russia Empire of Japan Commanders Strength 500,000 Soldiers 400,000 Soldiers Casualties 125,000 Killed or Wounded 85,000 Killed or Wounded Greater Manchuria, Russian (outer) Manchuria is region to upper right in lighter Red; Liaodong Peninsula is the wedge extending into the Yellow Sea The Russo... Extent of Manchuria according to Definition 1 (dark red), Definition 3 (dark red + medium red) and Definition 4 (dark red + medium red + light red) Manchuria (Manchu: Manju, Simplified: 满洲; Traditional: 滿洲; Hanyu Pinyin: ) is a name given to a vast territorial region in northeast Asia. ... The Qing Dynasty (Manchu: daicing gurun; Chinese: 清朝; pinyin: qīng cháo; Wade-Giles: ching chao), sometimes known as the Manchu Dynasty, was founded by the Manchu clan Aisin Gioro, in what is today northeast China, expanded into China proper and the surrounding territories of Inner Asia, establishing...

See also

• Shandong Peninsula