Explore North Korea

Dandong,China the biggest border city just next to North Korea. We drove from Dandong city center to the countryside along the river between Sinuiju North Korea and Dandong,China. 

Dandong,China JiuLianCheng Ruins of the Russo-Japanese War - Japanese Monuments and Russian Grave 17th of April 1894 Qing China was forced to sign the Treaty of Shimonoseki because of the defeat of First Sino—Japanese War (1894-1895).(In the treaty Qing China ceded Liaodong Peninsula to Japan )The declining Qing dynasty had long been a target of the great powers, and Russia had long contemplated ceding the Liaodong Peninsula to Japan as an influence on its plans to invade China. They wanted to capture the ice-free ports of strategic value (Lushun and Dalian were ice-free ports all year round). For this reason, Russia, together with France and Germany, demanded Japan to return the Liaodong Peninsula on the pretext of "friendly advice". Finally, Japan had to abandon the Peninsula under the pressure of the three countries. For China, however, it is nothing more than the spitting out of the mouth of one bad Wolf and being devoured by another. Russia forced the Qing government to ...