 Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Pakati pa6 Kurume na8 Kubvumbi 1898, hurumende yeGerman yakamanikidza Humambo hweQing kupinda muchibvumirano chemakore makumi mapfumbamwe nemapfumbamwe chechibvumirano cheKiautschou Bay chechiteshi chemarasha chakakomberedza Jiaozhou Bay kumahombekombe ekumaodzanyemba kweShandong Peninsula, kutsigira huvepo hwehondo yeGerman yepasi rose mukupesana kwakananga kunetiweki yeBritish yenzvimbo dzepasi rose dzehondo. Ikoku kwakatanga nhevedzano yezvibvumirano zvakafanana zvorenda namamwe masimba eEurope. Musi wa 27 Kurume 1898, Chibvumirano cheRenda yeLiaotung Peninsula chakasainwa pakati peHumambo hweRussia neHumambo hweQing, ichipa Russia rendi yemakore makumi maviri nemashanu yePort Arthur neDalian, kutsigira zvido zveRussia zveChinese Eastern Railway muManchuria. Nokudaro musi wa 28 March 1898, Britain, ichinetseka nokuvapo kweRussia muChina, yakamanikidza Umambo hweQing kuti hurende Weihaiwei, iyo yakanga yatorwa neHumambo hweJapan muHondo yeWeihaiwei., hondo huru yokupedzisira yeHondo Yokutanga yeChina neJapan, kwenguva yakareba sezvo vaRussia vaigara muPort Arthur, kuti vaongorore uye vaenzanise Russia. Munguva yekutaurirana, maBritish akataura kuti vaizokumbirazve kubhadharisa ivhu kana chero chibvumirano chekunze chikaitika muSouth China. 