«Египетский вопрос» Дальнего Востока: японо-китайская война 1894-1895 гг. в газете «Восточное обозрение»

The article analyzes trustworthy Siberian newspaper’s «The Eastern Review» point of view when covering the events Japanese-Chinese war 1894–1895. Problems in getting true information wartime did not prevent periodical from reflecting position all sides involved. Describing events, newspaper assumed that dynamic developing Japan would be future ally Russia, stagnant, frozen China being strictly opposed. was aware fact after Russian ruling circles’ stance radically changed. Having arranged «demarche three powers» and thus forcing to refuse Liaodong Peninsula, which supposed belong it according terms peace treaty, Russia had got a new enemy. Joining fight western powers for spheres influence China, elaborated strategy peaceful invasion, happened core Russian-Chinese relations some years.