Manchuria in the Meeting of Empires This seminar treats the history of the relations between the two largest neighbours in Asia, China and Russia, from the mid-17th century, and their impact on the unique region of Northeast China (Manchuria). We shall discuss the rise and fall of the Manchu people, leaders of the last dynasty of imperial China; the mass migration to Manchuria, from the mid-19th century, of northern Chinese villagers; the sweeping change introduced into the region by the construction of the Russian and Japanese