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Dairen

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Dai·ren  (drn)
See Dalian.
Dairen [daɪˈrɛn]
n
(Placename) a former name of Dalian
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Noun1.Dairen - a port and shipbuilding center in northeastern China on the Liaodong Peninsula; now a part of Luda
Dalian, Talien
Cathay, China, Communist China, mainland China, People's Republic of China, PRC, Red China - a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world
Luda, Luta - an industrial conurbation in northeastern China on the southern end of the Liaodong Peninsula; it now includes the cities of Dalian and Lushun
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He also demanded control of the Manchurian seaports of Dairen and Port Arthur--which a glance at the map shows would give him an unbreakable foothold in China--as well as joint control, with the Chinese, of Manchuria's railroads.
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But after years of war, the Japanese army eventually prevailed in 1905 and the city was renamed Dairen.
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China acknowledged the independence of Outer Mongolia, agreed to joint Soviet-Chinese operation of Manchurian railways, Soviet military bases in Port Arthur and Dairen, and Soviet mining enterprises in Sinkiang.
China in the world economy: 1300-2030 by Maddison, Angus / International Journal of Business
 
 
 
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