Talk:Kwantung Leased Territory

Timeline of Port Arthur/Dalian region
For use in possible future cleanup of this article, here's a timeline of this region from 1882 to 1905. --Cam 22:21, 9 July 2006 (UTC)
 * 1882: China establishes naval base at Lüshunkou (Port Arthur).
 * 1880s: small town develops on southern shore of Dalian Bay at site of future Dalian.
 * 1894: Japan occupies region during First Sino-Japanese War.
 * 1895 April: Treaty of Shimonoseki awards full sovereignty of region to Japan. Triple Intervention makes Japan give it back to China.
 * 1897 December: Russia sends naval vessels into Port Arthur harbor.
 * 1898 March: Russia formally leases region from China.
 * 1898 June: Russia gets formal permission from China to build the southern line of the Chinese Eastern Railway (CER) connecting the region to Harbin.
 * 1899: Russia founds Dal'niy (now Dalian).
 * 1905: Russia cedes its lease of the region to Japan in Treaty of Portsmouth. Treaty awards to Japan the southern line of the CER up to Changchun.