Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'afọ 1897, ndị Russia weghaara Liaodong Peninsula, wuo ebe e wusiri ike bụ́ Port Arthur, ma mee ka ụgbọ mmiri ndị Russia na-arụ n'Oké Osimiri Pacific nọrọ n'ọdụ ụgbọ mmiri ahụ. Nweta Russia nke Port Arthur bụ ihe mgbochi ndị Britain iji gbochie ndị Britain na-arụ ọrụ nke Wei-hai-Wei, mana na Japan, a ghọtara nke a dị ka mmegide ndị Japan. Germany weghaara Jiaozhou Bay, wuru
Ebe e wusiri ike nke Tsingtao, ma mee ka ndị German East Asia Squadron nọrọ n'ọdụ ụgbọ mmiri a. N'agbata afọ 1897 na 1903, ndị Russia wuru okporo ụzọ China Eastern Railway (CER) na Manchuria. Gọọmentị Russia na China jikọrọ aka nwe China Eastern Railroad, mana njikwa ụlọ ọrụ ahụ bụ ndị Russia kpamkpam, e wuru usoro ahụ na Russian gauge na ndị agha Russia nọ na Manchuria iji chebe okporo ụzọ ụgbọ okporo ígwè na CER site na mwakpo ndị ohi. Isi ụlọ ọrụ nke ụlọ ọrụ CER dị n'obodo ọhụrụ ndị Russia wuru bụ́ Harbin, "Moscow nke Ebe Ọwụwa Anyanwụ Ụwa". Site na 1897 gaa n'ihu, Manchuria - ebe ọ ka bụ akụkụ nke "Alaeze Ukwu Qing" - malitere ịdị ka mpaghara Russia.