SHING-KING, or LEAO-TONG, a maritime province of the Chinese empire, lying to the north of the Yellow Sea, shut off from China proper on the S.W. by the Great Wall, and by another fortification from Mongolia, Manchourie, and Corea on the N. and E. Area, 25,000 square miles. It is mountainous, and watered by the Leao, which flows southwards into the Gulf of Leao-Tong. The east side of this gulf is formed by a long peninsula called the Regent's Sword. The climate is mild and salubrious; and the soil produces wheat, barley, pulse, millet, and buckwheat. The mountains are covered with fine timber. Moukden is the capital of the province. Pop. 942,043.