This article treats the city as if it is new, but according to multiple sources, it is actually very old, settled by the Chinese in 600 AD. I understand from the perspective of Russian textbooks, the first settlers arrived there in the 19th century, the same place which was known as Yongmingcheng "city of eternal light" in the 1200s. If a new name city is in the same place as an old city, is it a new city? Chersonesus was established at Sevastopol prior to the arrival of Russians, so did the Russians establish Sevastopol or did the greeks? I can see that if the place was not under continual human habitation you could fairly say it was a new city, but come on. It is a harbor in china and there isn't a village still there in 1856? This strains credulity. Anyway, I have edited the second paragraph, but there is something amiss here. J JMesserly (talk) 22:13, 23 March 2023 (UTC)
Beginning June 1 2023 China will be able to use Vladivostok as a port: https://www.stripes.com/theaters/europe/2023-05-17/russia-china-shipping-vladivostok-pacific-10143191.html#:~:text=The%20Russian%20port%20of%20Vladivostok%20opens%20to%20China,Administrations%20of%20Customs%20China%2C%20the%20nation%E2%80%99s%20customs%20ministry.
Maybe someone can add it to the Vladivostok article? Dionyseus (talk) 00:46, 24 May 2023 (UTC)