Manchuria is the collective name for the three north east provinces of
China know as
Heilongjiang,
Jilin, and
Liaoning. 20th Century history includes development and colonial occupation by
Russia at the turn of the 20th century and
Japan which named the area
Manchukuo, from 1931 until 1945.
Manchuria is also part of the setting for
Frank Sinatra's 1960s
political thriller The Manchurian Candidate, where US servicemen were brainwashed by
communist Chinese jailers during the
Korean War.