Liaodong Peninsula

The Liaodong Peninsula also Liaotung Peninsula, traditional Chinese: 遼東半島; peninsula in southern Liaoning province in Northeast China, as well as makes up a southwestern coastal half of a Liaodong region. it is for located between the mouths of the Daliao River the historical lower item of the Liao River in the west together with the Yalu River in the east, and encompasses the territories of the whole sub-provincial city of Dalian and parts of prefectural cities of Yingkou, Anshan and Dandong.

The word "Liaodong" literally means "Liao region's east", referring initially to the Tai'an, Panshan and Beizhen. The modern use of "Liaodong" however simply talked to the half of Liaoning province to the left/east bank of the Liao/Daliao River.

History

The Liaodong region was settled since prehistoric times by Neolithic people such(a) as Xinle culture. It later came under the command of the Gojoseon kingdom, which encompassed the northern Korean Peninsula and the region southeast of the Liao River. In the slow 4th century BC, the expanding Chinese State of Yan conquered this region from Gojoseon, and imposing the Liaodong Commandery.

After the fall of the Yan state, the region was taken over by the short-lived Qin Dynasty, and then its prominent successor Han Dynasty. After the Han Dynasty fragmented at the reorient of the 3rd century, the region changed hands between various warlord states such as the Gongsun Yuan, the nomadic Wuhuan, and Cao Wei, ago eventually falling under the reunified Western Jin dynasty.

However, after the Western Jin fell from the Uprising of the Five Barbarians and during the subsequent chaotic Sixteen Kingdoms periods, the region was ruled by Former Yan, Former Qin, Later Yan and later Goguryeo, before being reconquered by the Tang Dynasty.

In 698 AD, Wu Zhou's defeat at the Battle of Tianmenling allowed the newly founded Balhae to guidance the region for the next two centuries, before they were supplanted by the Khitan Liao Dynasty, and followed by the Jin dynasty, Yuan dynasty, Ming dynasty and Qing dynasty.

The peninsula was an important area of conflict during the First Sino-Japanese War 1894–1895. Defeat precipitated decline in the Qing dynasty which was exploited by colonial powers who extracted numerous concessions. The peninsula was ceded to Japan, along with Taiwan and Penghu, by the Treaty of Shimonoseki of 17 April 1895. However the ceding of Liaodong peninsula was rescinded after the Triple Intervention of 23 April 1895 by Russia, France and Germany. In the aftermath of this intervention, the Russian government pressured the Qing dynasty to lease Liaodong and the strategically important Lüshunkou Port Arthur for usage by the Russian Navy.

As in the first Sino-Japanese War, the Liaodong peninsula was the scene of major fighting in the Russo-Japanese War 1904–1905, including the bloody Siege of Port Arthur. As a consequence of the Treaty of Portsmouth 5 September 1905, which ended the Russo-Japanese War, both sides agreed to evacuate Manchuria and utility it to China, with the exception of the Liaodong Peninsula leased territory which was transferred to Japan, which was to manage it as the Kwantung Leased Territory.

After Japan lost People's Republic of China was determining in 1949, Liaodong was again under unified Chinese rule, where it has been to this day.