A History of Dalian, via The New York Times
By Alex on Sun, 2008-03-16 14:55
The victor writes the history books" is the classic expression, in the Google age it should perhaps be suffixed by "and the reader reads what they're interested in Googleing". The images below come from the New York Times Archive when Dalian was little more than collection of small towns and villages, two competing and complementing ports, Port Arthur (now Lushun) and Dalny (now area around the downtown port, train station and Zhongshan Square), and when both the Russian and Japanese empires had eyes on the region.
Archives from 1951 to 1992 are free, leading to an accessible historical record more focussed on war than the development which occurred under and after occupation.
A map of the region, covering place names in amusing pinyin, taken from an analysis piece written in 1910.
1894 - Japanese At Port Arthur
1902 - Russians Backtrack on Use of Port Arthur
1903 - An Introduction to Dalny
1910 - In Depth Analysis of Issues Revolving Around Dalian
Too large to add here. A must read for Dalian history buffs.
(the last article is not free)
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I've lived in Dalian for 4 years, and was one of the founders of DalianDalian, a site myself and a couple of others put together to make living in Dalian easier for us, and for others.
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Fascinating
A fascinating glimpse into Dalian's history. I had not heard of the New York Times Archive, I will certinly do some research of my own.
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