Lüshun Port

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Lüshun Port (Chinese: 旅顺港; pinyin: Lǚshùn gǎng), formerly Port Arthur (Russian: Порт-Артур, romanized: Port-Artur) is either Lüshun Naval Port (Chinese: 旅顺军港) for military use or the New Lüshun Port (Chinese: 旅顺新港) for commercial use, both in Lüshunkou District, Dalian, Liaoning province, China. It is now home to the People's Liberation Army Navy's (PLAN) Liaonan Shipyard, in operation since 1883. The control of Lüshun Naval Base changed several times in the first half of the 20th century: from China to the Russian Empire from 1895 to 1904, then after the Russo-Japanese War to the Empire of Japan from 1905 to 1945, then following the Soviet invasion of Manchuria in the closing days of World War II in China to the occupying Soviet Union from 1945 to 1956, and then finally back to China in 1956.

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