Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cikin 1897, Rasha ta mamaye Liaodong Peninsula, ta gina sansanin soja na Port Arthur, kuma ta kafa rundunar jiragen ruwa na Pacific na Rasha a tashar jiragen ruwa. Samun Rasha na Port Arthur ya kasance da farko wani motsi ne na Birtaniya don magance aikin Birtaniya na Wei-hai-Wei, amma a Japan, an dauki wannan a matsayin mai adawa da Japan. Jamus ta mamaye Jiaozhou Bay, ta gina sansanin Tsingtao
, kuma ya kafa rundunar sojojin Jamus ta Gabashin Asiya a wannan tashar. Tsakanin 1897 da 1903, Rasha ta gina Railway na Gabas ta Tsakiya (CER) a Manchuria. Gwamnatin Rasha da na China sun mallaki kamfanin Railway na Gabas ta Tsakiya, amma kamfanin kamfanin ya kasance na Rasha ne, an gina layin zuwa ga Rasha kuma sojojin Rasha sun kasance a Manchuria don kare zirga-zirgar jiragen kasa a kan CER daga hare-haren 'yan fashi. Babban ofishin kamfanin CER yana cikin sabon birni na Harbin da Rasha ta gina, "Moscow na Gabas". Daga shekara ta 1897 zuwa gaba, Manchuria - yayin da har yanzu suna cikin "Babban Daular Qing" - ya fara zama kamar lardin Rasha.