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The Chinese Question: battery on the Island of Liu-Kung-Tau, at the entrance to the harbour of Wei-Hai-Wei, 1898. View at '...Wei-Hai-Wei, the naval port lately occupied by the Japanese at the north-west point of the Shangtung province, just opposite to Port Arthur, at the entrance to the Gulf of Pechili...The Japanese garrison is to quit Wei-Hai-Wei on payment by China of the stipulated war indemnity, and the Chinese Government on Saturday agreed to lease Wei-Hai-Wei to Great Britain...An important feature in the naval base secured by Great Britain at Wei-Hai-Wei is the island of Liu-Kung-Tau, at the entrance to the harbour of that station. This island, of which we give an Illustration, is strongly fortified and could easily be held against a large force if its garrison were acting in conjunction with the holders of the adjacent shores, as was proved in the hostilities between China and Japan'. From "Illustrated London News", 1898.