[shuhn-yahng] 
| a city in and the capital of Liaoning province, in NE China: cultural capital of Manchuria; battle 1905. 3,000,000. |
| Shen·yang (shŭn'yäng') A city of northeast China east-northeast of Beijing. The capital of Liaoning province, it was the site of the so-called Mukden, or Manchurian, Incident (1931), in which the Japanese army used an explosion on the railroad north of the city as a pretext to occupy Manchuria. Population: 3,980,000. |