Liaotung
- a variation of Liaodong.
Example Sentences
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In 1905 at the conclusion of the Russo-Japanese war, China agreed to transfer the lease of the Liaotung Peninsula from Russia to Japan.
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Liaotung is the promontory immediately north of Peking and south of Korea.
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For the moment, at least, the Nationalists were confined to the western and northern coastal area of the Liaotung Gulf, save only for the blunted column reaching from Mukden along the Dairen-Harbin railroad toward Changchun.
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This means, among other things, that Japan will occupy the Liaotung peninsula for another 50 years, whereas China maintains that the leases on this strip of land terminate next Tuesday.
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The retrocession of the Liaotung Peninsula had not been effected by Russia alone.
From Russia by Wallace, Donald Mackenzie, Sir
