In the vast coastal region of China, now under the dominion of the Empire of the Orient, the landscape bore witness to a transformation. The provinces of Liaoning, Tianjin, Shandong, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, Hainan, Taiwan, and Hong Kong were now home to a population that had undergone a conscious choice—either to leave or embrace the privileges of becoming Oriental Citizens. In the face of unrest and uncertainties in China, the border between the newly acquired territories and the mainland was fortified, and stringent measures were put in place to maintain control.