Still , the central lesson of the war with Japan was not lost on the Russian General Staff : an Asian country using Western technology and industrial production methods could defeat a great European power .
These were humiliating submissions for the once - powerful Manchus who ruled China .
The central lesson of the war with Japan was not lost on the Russian General Staff : an Asian country using Western technology and industrial production methods could defeat a great European power .
These were humiliating submissions for the once - powerful Manchus who ruled China .