Why, one might ask, was a Russian sugar company keen to develop its business in Harbin? Fourteen years earlier it had been a small fishing village but it became the construction centre for the Chinese Eastern Railway by the Russians.
Bakit, sa isang maaaring magtanong, ay isang kumpanya ng asukal Russian masigasig na nakikipagtulungan sa bumuo nito sa negosyo sa Harbin? Labing-apat na taon mas maaga ito ay nagkaroon ng isang maliit na fishing village ngunit ito ay naging ang construction center para sa Chinese Eastern Railway ng Russians.