The subtitle of At the Edge of Empire is a glimmer of its great heart ... amid war and revolution from Hong Kong in the south, to Manchuria in the north, to Xi’an in the center, to the nomadic ...

China recognized Korean independence and ceded Taiwan and Manchuria in northeast China to Japan. Western powers intervened, notably the Russian Empire, Germany, and France, convincing Japan to ...

Han settlement in this region pre-dates the Chinese empire, and parts of it were ruled ... an estimated 25 million people moved to Manchuria from south of the Great Wall. The population is ...