Liaodong Peninsula

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peninsula

The Liaodong Peninsula is a strategically important northeastern Chinese peninsula jutting into the Yellow Sea, historically contested by regional powers and notably central to late 19th- and early 20th-century East Asian conflicts.

Aliases (3)

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	peninsula →
borders	Bohai Sea → Yellow Sea →
contains	Dalian Bay → Dalian Port → Lüshun → Lüshunkou District → Port Arthur →
country	China →
economicActivity	fishing → heavy industry → port logistics → shipping →
faces	Korean Peninsula →
hasClimate	monsoon-influenced humid continental climate →
hasMajorCity	Dalian → Dandong → Yingkou →
historicallyContestedBy	China → Empire of Japan → Japan → Qing Empire → Russia → Russian Empire →
historicalRegionOf	Liaodong →
isGatewayTo	Bohai Rim industrial region →
leaseAreaIncluded	Dalian → Port Arthur →
locatedIn	Liaoning Province → Northeast China →
nameDerivedFrom	Liaodong →
near	Korea Bay → Yalu River →
partOf	Manchuria →
separates	Bohai Sea → Yellow Sea →
strategicImportance	maritime trade → military → naval →
wasCededInTreaty	Treaty of Shimonoseki →
wasCededTo	Japan → Russia →
wasLeasedTo	Empire of Japan → Russian Empire →
wasSiteOf	First Sino-Japanese War → Russo-Japanese War → Siege of Port Arthur →
wasSubjectOf	Triple Intervention →

Referenced by (9)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Battle of Port Arthur → First Sino-Japanese War → Russo-Japanese War → Siege of Port Arthur →	location
Pacific theater of the Russo-Japanese War →	hasKeyLocation
Liaodong Peninsula ("Liaodong") →	historicalRegionOf
Liaodong Peninsula ("Liaodong") →	nameDerivedFrom
Kwantung Leased Territory ("Russian-leased Liaodong Peninsula") →	precededBy
North China Plain ("Liaoning (southern part)") →	spansProvince