In A History of Manchuria, Ian Nish describes the turbulent times
which the three Northeastern Provinces of China experienced in the
last two centuries. The site of three serious wars in 1894, 1904
and 1919, the territory rarely enjoyed peace though its economy
progressed because of the building of arterial railways. From 1932
it came under the rule of the Japanese-inspired government of
Manchukuo based at Changchun. But that was short-lived, being
brought to an end by the punitive incursion and occupation of the
country by Soviet forces in 1945. Thereafter the devastated
territory was fought over by Chinese Nationalist and Communist
armies until Mukden (Shenyang) fell to the Communists in October
1948. Manchuria, under-populated but strategically important, was
the location for disputes between China, Russia and Japan, the
three powers making up the 'triangle' which gives the name to the
sub-title of this study. These countries were hardly ever at peace
with one another, the result being that the economic growth of a
potentially wealthy country was seriously retarded. The story is
illustrated by extracts drawn from contemporary documents of the
three triangular powers.
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