The Northward Expansion of the Japanese-Controlled Railway System in Northern Northeast China in Modern Times
Following the establishment of Japan's so-called'Special Rights and Interests in Manchuria and Mongolia'in 1912,Japan began to expand its influence in the northern region of Northeast China,primarily through the construction of railway networks.Prior to the Mukden Incident in 1931,Japan had already fragmented the western hinterland of the Trans-Manchurian Railway by leveraging Chinese railways that had become feeder lines for the South Manchuria Railway,a result of previous Japanese financial assistance to China.After the afore-mentioned incident,Japan constructed the Jilin-Hoeryong Railway to Northern Korean Ports System,which further segmented the hinterlands of the eastern and southern lines of the Trans-Manchurian Railway.The northward expansion of the Japanese-controlled railway system,together with the ensuing competition it triggered with Russia and then the Soviet Union in the northern hinterlands of Northeast China,was a significant factor in the evolution of the economic patterns of the region and the entire Northeast Asia in modern times.This expansion and competition greatly shaped the geography of regional transportation and economy,and to a large extent,altered the developmental trajectory of the political and economic landscape of Northeast Asia.
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