Definition of "Liaotung"

When the Han state ship burst up, numberless living planks struggled for the uppermost place. Among them the Wei became dominant in north-east China, marched against, overthrew the grandson of Goong, and annexed Liaotung to the northern dynasty.

1891, John Ross, History of Corea‎, London: Elliot Stock, page 6

In northeast China, Liaotung and Liaosi Provinces will be merged into newly reconstituted Liaoning Province.

1954 June 21, “Government Centralization Set for Communist China”, in The Christian Science Monitor‎, Atlantic edition, volume 46, number 174, page 10, column 5

The Russians had promised to withdraw in three stages. One stage had been completed, and the railway between Shan-hai-kwan and Ying-k’ou (Newchang) had been returned, but all this meant was that the Russians had moved their troops from Liao-hsi, a region where they had few interests, to their major base at Liaotung.

2002, Donald Keene, Emperor of Japan: Meiji and His World, 1852-1912‎, New York: Columbia University Press, page 588

When Russia reneged on an agreement to withdraw its troops from Manchuria, the Japanese fleet launched a surprise raid on Port Arthur. At the same time, the Japanese army overran Korea and the Liaotung Peninsula before making a land attack on Port Arthur, which eventually fell to the invaders.

2011, The Crimes of Stalin: the Murderous Career of the Red Tsar‎, Arcturus Publishing Ltd, page 53