«Egyptian Issue» of the Far East: Japanese-Chinese War of 1894-1895 in the Eastern Review Newspaper

Research Article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.31171/vlast.v30i4.9148
  • Liliya Vladimirovna Kalmina Institute for Mongolian, Buddhist and Tibetan Studies, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences kalminal@gmail.com
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  • Leonid Vladimirovich Kuras Institute for Mongolian, Buddhist and Tibetan Studies, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences kuraslv@yandex.ru
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How to Cite
Kalmina L.V., Kuras L.V. «Egyptian Issue» of the Far East: Japanese-Chinese War of 1894-1895 in the Eastern Review Newspaper. Vlast’ (The Authority). 2022. Vol. 30. No. 4. P. 186-192. DOI: https://doi.org/10.31171/vlast.v30i4.9148

Abstract

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

Author Biographies

Liliya Vladimirovna Kalmina, Institute for Mongolian, Buddhist and Tibetan Studies, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences
Dr.Sci. (Hist.), Associate Professor, Leading Researcher, Department of History, Ethnology and Sociology
Leonid Vladimirovich Kuras, Institute for Mongolian, Buddhist and Tibetan Studies, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences
Dr.Sci. (Hist.), Professor, Chief Researcher, Department of History and Culture of Central Asia

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Article

Received: 30.08.2022

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Kalmina, L. V., & Kuras, L. V. (2022). «Egyptian Issue» of the Far East: Japanese-Chinese War of 1894-1895 in the Eastern Review Newspaper. Vlast’ (The Authority), 30(4), 186-192. https://doi.org/10.31171/vlast.v30i4.9148
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Vol 30 No 4 (2022)
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FOREIGN EXPERIENCE

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