Manchuria was historically inhabited by the Manchu people and was the heartland of the Qing dynasty, which ruled China from the 17th to the early 20th century. However, in the late 19th and early ...

When northeastern China was known as Manchuria, the town of Mukden (present-day Shenyang) went by the Japanese name of Hoten. It had a train station modeled after Tokyo Station and the primary ...

THE facilities afforded by extended railway communication to remote regions of eastern Asia have rendered it possible for the leisured tourist to travel safely, and with comparative comfort, from ...