[1932, Colonel P. T. Etherton, H. Hessell Titlman, “The Promised Land of Asia”, in Manchuria: The Cockpit Of Asia[1], Jarrolds Publishers London Limited, →OCLC, page 83:
"We are free to decide whether the terminus of this line be at Chingchin or Lochin, or even Hsuingchi. From the standpoint of national defence Lochin seems to be the ideal harbour and terminus. Eventually it will be the best harbour in the world. On the one hand, it will ruin Vladivostok, on the other it will be the centre of wealth of North Manchuria and Mongolia.]
2. Send the army divisions in Nagoya and Kwansei by sea to Chingchin, and thence to North Manchuria via the Kirin-Hueining Line. 3. Send the army in Kwantung through Niigata to Chingchin or Lochin, and thence by Kirin-Hueining Line to North Manchuria.]
1984 December 26 [1984 September 20], Chen Lei, “Further Emancipate the Mind and Penetratingly Carry Out Reform and Open-Door Policy”, in China Report: Economic Affairs[4], number 84-107, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, →OCLC, page 18[5]:
In addition, on the basis of making full use of Dalian and Qinhuangdao ports for exports, we should fully use Qingjin and Luojin ports in the DPRK to expand our province's export commodity capacity.
1986 August 18 [1985 November-December], Hongsheng Zhang [1728 4767 3932], Wang Jingwu [3769 2529 2976], Liu Ying [0491 4481], “An Analysis of the Expansion of Jilin's Exports to Japan”, in China Report: Economic Affairs[6], number 86-096, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, →OCLC, page 82[7]:
Qingjin harbor is located in the city of Qingjin in Xianjin Beidao[sic – meaning Xianjing Beidao], Korea. It is divided into east and west ports. In order to let China transfer commodities, Korea completely vacated this port for Jilin and Heilongjian[sic – meaning Heilongjiang]. In the east port of Qingjin there are four berths so 5,000 to 10,000-ton freighters can berth there at the same time.
1988, Shupeng Chen, “The shoreline as a baseline for global databases: A pilot study in China”, in Helen Mounsey, editor, Building Databases for Global Science[8], Taylor & Francis, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 208[9]:
In northern China, it links Hohhot-Dongsheng-Yulin-Yanan-Tongchuan-Xi'an, but this line is not yet connected from within the boundaries of Inner Mongolia to Dongsheng and Yuan in Shanxi Province. Its eastern end is linked to Qingjin Harbour in Korea.
On the second level is the Turnen Jiang greater-triangle development zone, also refereed to as the Tumen Jiang economic development area [TEDA]. It is about 10,000 square kilometers in area and includes Yanji in China, the greater Vladivostok economic region in Russia, and Qingjin in North Korea.
2002, “Jilin”, in China: Business and Travel Guide[13], China Knowledge Press Pte Ltd., →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 391-392:
Located at the common boundary between China, Russia and North Korea, HBTCZ is the only state-level development zone in the Yanbian Korean Nationality Autonomous Prefecture. The zone is connected to the Sino-Russian port of Hunchun, and is 14 km from the Sino-North Korean port of Shatuozi, 45 km from the Sino-North Korean Port, 45 km from the North Korean Luojing Port, 126 km from the North Korean Qingjin Port, 41 km from the Russian Port of Boxiete, and 63 km from the Russian Port of Zhalubinuo.
2003 February 24, Gady A. Epstein, quoting Zhou Weiping, “Stemming flow of N. Korea refugees”, in The Baltimore Sun[14], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 03 December 2020, News[15]:
"A woman from Qingjin [a North Korean port city] said that the women's fate is the most miserable," Zhou Weiping, professor at the Center for Northeast Asia Studies in Jilin province, reported in an academic paper on North Koreans fleeing for China. "In order to feed their husband and children, they often have to walk several miles to the countryside to exchange for grain. Because of hunger and exhaustion, many die on the road."
2009, Fuxi Gan, “The Silk Road and Ancient Chinese Glass”, in Ancient Glass Research along the Silk Road[16], →ISBN, →OCLC, page 54:
Particularly since the Tang and Song Dynasties, the contacts between China with the Lee and Chen Dynasties of Korea and the Heian and Kamakura periods of Japan had run along the so-called “Northeastern Silk Road,” which streched from the Bohai Kingdom to Qingjin and Vladivostok, then across the sea to Japan; this was the "Japan Route."
2010, Paul K. Maruyama, “A Speech to Rouse the Nation”, in Escape from Manchuria: The Rescue of 1.7 Million Japanese Civilians Trapped in Soviet-occupied Manchuria following the End of World War II[17], iUniverse, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 278:
We must ask GHQ to open up ports for picking up repatriates even beyond Koroto, and expand to Dalian, Yingkou, Andong, as well as Qingjin in Korea, and without fail have all repatriation completed before the ports freeze up....
n.d., “China Border Crossing with car or motorcycle”, in Roadpioneer.com[18], archived from the original on 24 November 2020[19]:
Tumen Port including road port and train port, is the Second Land Route Port open to North Korea in China. Tumen Port is located in lakeside of Tumen River in Tumen, facing Nanyang International Port, 177 KM from Qingjin. Tumen Port was established with long history.
2023 August 27, “Why is North Korea surpassing the territory of Korea by a corner of the northeast? Was it ceded to North Korea by the Ming Dynasty?”, in iNews[20], archived from the original on 26 August 2023, History:
But in fact, this area was indeed acquired at the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty. Moreover, this area today has a natural port of Qingjin Port. If it belongs to China, it means that Jilin has an outlet to the sea and is no longer an inland province!
