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Lüshun Port (), formerly Port Arthur, in Lüshunkou District,
New Lüshun Port () was established from the late 20th century to the early 21st century as Lüshun's economy started to thrive. It is located to the west of central Lüshun, and to the east of Bay of Yangtouwa (). There is Lüshun West Station of the freight railway line from the Lüshun Branch Line, for the Bohai Train Ferry.
New Lüshun Port Station of the extension of Dalian's 202 railway is located nearby.
New Lüshun Port Management Co.
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Dalian
Dalian ( ) is a major sub-provincial port city in Liaoning province, People's Republic of China, and is Liaoning's second largest city (after the provincial capital Shenyang) and the third-most populous city of Northeast China (after Shenyang ...
, Liaoning
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province, China
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can refer to the original Lüshun Naval Port () for military use or the New Lüshun Port () for commercial use.
It is now home to the People's Liberation Army Navy
The People's Liberation Army Navy, also known as the People's Navy, PLA Navy or simply Chinese Navy, is the naval warfare military branch, branch of the People's Liberation Army, the national military of the People's Republic of China. It i ...
's (PLAN) Liaonan Shipyard, in operation since 1883.
The Battle of Port Arthur
The of 8–9 February 1904 marked the commencement of the Russo-Japanese War. It began with a surprise night attack by a squadron of Imperial Japanese Navy, Japanese destroyers on the neutral country, neutral Imperial Russian Navy, Russian fl ...
on 8–9 February 1904 was the opening battle of the Russo-Japanese War
The Russo-Japanese War (8 February 1904 – 5 September 1905) was fought between the Russian Empire and the Empire of Japan over rival imperial ambitions in Manchuria and the Korean Empire. The major land battles of the war were fought on the ...
.
Lüshun Naval Base
Lüshun Naval Base () was established during the 1880s forBeiyang Fleet
The Beiyang Fleet (Pei-yang Fleet; , alternatively Northern Seas Fleet) was one of the Imperial Chinese Navy#Fleets, four modernized Chinese navies in the late Qing dynasty. Among the four, the Beiyang Fleet was particularly sponsored by Li Hong ...
of the Qing dynasty
The Qing dynasty ( ), officially the Great Qing, was a Manchu-led Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China and an early modern empire in East Asia. The last imperial dynasty in Chinese history, the Qing dynasty was preceded by the ...
, together with the headquarters at Weihaiwei
Weihai ( zh, t=, p=Wēihǎi), formerly Weihaiwei ( zh, s=, p=Wēihǎiwèi, l=Mighty Sea Fort, first=t), is a prefecture-level city and major seaport city in the easternmost Shandong province of China. It borders Yantai to the west and the Yellow ...
. It is located to the south of the central part of Lüshun, in the bay of Lüshun.
The control of Lüshun Naval Base changed several times in the first half of the 20th Century: from China to the Russian Empire
The Russian Empire was an empire that spanned most of northern Eurasia from its establishment in November 1721 until the proclamation of the Russian Republic in September 1917. At its height in the late 19th century, it covered about , roughl ...
from 1895 to 1904, then after the Russo-Japanese War
The Russo-Japanese War (8 February 1904 – 5 September 1905) was fought between the Russian Empire and the Empire of Japan over rival imperial ambitions in Manchuria and the Korean Empire. The major land battles of the war were fought on the ...
to Empire of Japan
The Empire of Japan, also known as the Japanese Empire or Imperial Japan, was the Japanese nation state that existed from the Meiji Restoration on January 3, 1868, until the Constitution of Japan took effect on May 3, 1947. From Japan–Kor ...
from 1905 to 1945, then following the Soviet invasion of Manchuria
The Soviet invasion of Manchuria, formally known as the Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation or simply the Manchurian Operation () and sometimes Operation August Storm, began on 9 August 1945 with the Soviet Union, Soviet invasion of the Emp ...
in the closing days of World War II in China to the occupying Soviet Union
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from 1945 to 1956, and then finally back to China in 1956.
Nearby is Lüshun Railway Station of the Lüshun Branch Line ( Chinese: 旅顺支线) of Chinese Eastern Railway
The Chinese Eastern Railway or CER (, , or , ''Kitaysko-Vostochnaya Zheleznaya Doroga'' or ''KVZhD''), is the historical name for a railway system in Northeast China (also known as Manchuria).
The Russian Empire constructed the line from 1897 ...
.
New Lüshun Port
New Lüshun Port () was established from the late 20th century to the early 21st century as Lüshun's economy started to thrive. It is located to the west of central Lüshun, and to the east of Bay of Yangtouwa (). There is Lüshun West Station of the freight railway line from the Lüshun Branch Line, for the Bohai Train Ferry.
New Lüshun Port Station of the extension of Dalian's 202 railway is located nearby.
See also
* Dalian PortReferences
External links
New Lüshun Port Management Co.
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