Editing Manchuria (section)

=== People's Republic of China ===
The historical region of Manchuria is composed of the provinces of [[Liaoning]], [[Jilin]], and [[Heilongjiang]].<ref>{{Citation |last=Shao |first=Dan |title=Manchuria in Modern East Asia, 1600s–1949 |date=2017-10-26 |work=Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Asian History |url=https://oxfordre.com/asianhistory/display/10.1093/acrefore/9780190277727.001.0001/acrefore-9780190277727-e-141 |access-date=2025-01-16 |language=en |doi=10.1093/acrefore/9780190277727.013.141 |isbn=978-0-19-027772-7}}</ref>

Manchuria was a central focus of China's approach to "socialist industrialization" following the [[Proclamation of the People's Republic of China|founding of the People's Republic of China]].<ref name=":02">{{Cite book |last=Hirata |first=Koji |title=Making Mao's Steelworks: Industrial Manchuria and the Transnational Origins of Chinese Socialism |date=2024 |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |isbn=978-1-009-38227-4 |series=Cambridge Studies in the History of the People's Republic of China series |location=New York, NY}}</ref>{{Rp|page=1}} Strongly influenced by the Soviet approach to industrialization, development policy focused on heavy-industry [[State-owned enterprises of China|state-owned enterprises]], such as [[Ansteel Group|Angang]] in [[Anshan]].<ref name=":02" />{{Rp|page=1}} The discovery and development of [[Daqing Oil Field|Daqing oil field]] made Manchuria the center of China's oil industry beginning in the 1960s.<ref name=":02" />{{Rp|page=15}}

During the [[Third Front (China)|Third Front Construction]], the region was a major supplier of staff for the newly developed industrial bases in China's interior.<ref name=":02" />{{Rp|page=16}}

The [[Sino-Soviet split]] led to the [[Sino-Soviet border conflict]], which ultimately resulted in an agreement. In 2004, Russia agreed to transfer [[Yinlong Island]] and one half of [[Heixiazi Island]] to China, ending an enduring border dispute.{{cn|date=January 2025}}

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