The South Manchurian Railway Company, formerly the largest economic enterprise in Manchuria and the main agency of Japans penetration, was organized shortly after the Russo-Japanese War. It undertook construction of towns, harbors, mining, utilities and trade. When a competing Chinese railway network threatened their monopoly, the Japanese Kwantung army staged the Manchurian Incident and set up the state of Manchukuo. At the end of World War II, China expropriated the company's vast property. A Vintage City Guide This is a reprint of the original tourist guidebook published in 1936, by the South Manchurian Railway Company. It highlights and promotes the character and growing influence of Dalian. Complete with photographic and statistical records, it is a time capsule of the vintage colonial city and its place in history. Buy it On-line: Booklet (Reprint)