Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna 1897, Russia yakatora Liaodong Peninsula, ikavaka nhare yePort Arthur, uye yakaita kuti Russian Pacific Fleet igare pachiteshi chengarava. Kutorwa kwePort Arthur neRussia kwainyanya kuve danho rinopesana neBritish rekurwisa kubatwa kweBritish kweWei-hai-Wei, asi muJapan, izvi zvakaonekwa senzira inopesana neJapan. Germany yakatora Jiaozhou Bay, yakavaka
Tsingtao nhare, uye yakavakira German East Asia Squadron muchiteshi ichi. Pakati pa1897 na1903, vaRussia vakavaka Chinese Eastern Railway (CER) muManchuria. China Eastern Railroad yaive yemubatanidzwa nehurumende dzeRussia neChina, asi manejimendi ekambani yaive yeRussia zvachose, mutsetse wakavakirwa kuRussia gauge uye mauto eRussia akaiswa muManchuria kuchengetedza njanji traffic paCER kubva pakurwiswa nemakororo. Dzimbahwe rekambani yeCER raiva muguta idzva rakavakwa neRussia reHarbin, "Moscow yokuMabvazuva". Kubvira muna 1897 zvichienda mberi, Manchuria - kunyange zvazvo yakanga ichiri chikamu che"Great Qing Empire" - yakatanga kufanana zvikuru nedunhu reRussia.