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While the penetration into China by powerhouses such as U.K. and the U.S. following implementation of open-door policy of the Chinese government mostly aimed at economic and commercial benefits, Russia was different in that it aimed for territorial takeover from the start under the national policy of “Look East”. As Russia got more ambitious with such a goal of taking over the Northeastern region where Manchu tribe was born, the sense of crisis within China got intensified, and the government struggled to come up with an appropriate measures to maintain its rule over the region. Thus the first response by the Qing Dynasty was to facilitate development of the Northeastern region by implementing the policy to move residents so that they can build up the community, which will be the foothold for protecting advantages and ruling in the region. After force-opening doors major areas by pressuring Qing Dynasty, attention of countries like U.K. and the U.S. naturally shifted towards outside of China, and the countries decided to engage themselves in the tug of war in the Northeastern region. When Japan later joins up, the region emerged as the core of international order. Such a chaotic situation was actually a good opportunity for China, with Russia intending to stop large countries from penetrating the Northeastern region as well as the alliance of U.K., the U.S. and Japan against Russia. That was because China started to expect that it may be able to maintain its ruling over the region by balancing among all the powers simply by opening the door of the region first. Thus the door-opening of the region influenced by political and economic situations of China made direct and great impact on the development and changes of the politics and economy as well as social and cultural aspects of the Northeastern region. In terms of economy, development of commerce and modernization of international trading played a pivotal role in transforming the traditional economy into modern one. Also there are many positive influences including but not limited to increase of tax revenue, accelerated urbanization, and modernization of culture and education.