[center][b][u]The Siberian Campaign[/u][/b][/center]

The war in the far east reached a height, as Russian troops arrived at the front lines and enemies piled up against the last two remaining members of the Allied Powers. The lull in the fighting the previous year was forgotten as huge armies and navies manoeuvred clashed in the snows and frigid seas.

The Russian army wintering at the city of Omsk was mobilised to make the final push to the front lines. The Russian forces had been on the defensive on the eastern front since 1865, and they were determined to finally launch a counterattack. They were facing difficult odds - although the Russians were perhaps better trained and drilled, the Qing army had taken huge leaps forward in the last decade, and the technological gap was not as large as the Russians had expected. Worse, the smaller Russian army had marched for miles along the Siberian highway, and it would be difficult for reinforcements to reach them, while the Qing army had much smaller distances to travel. Still, the Russians had God on their side, and they were determined to defeat the godless Qing troops. 

Dividing into two forces, a Russian army of 200,000 troops launched an attack in Xinjiang. Opposing them was nearly half a million Qing soldiers. The attack began early one cold morning, with Russian artillery firing upon dug-in Qing positions. Qing defences held, and the Russians were forced to send in infantry. The battle quickly fell into chaos as the two sides clashed, with neither side having any clear idea of what was happening. As night fell, the two sides disengaged. A massive loss of life had resulted, with heavier casualties felt by the Qing troops, but the defenders remained supreme on the battlefield, as the Russian forces withdrew back to camps deeper in Siberia.
(-7,800 regulars, -32,700 conscripts to Russia, -10,500 regulars, -54,400 conscripts to Qing)

The second force of Russians attempted to take back Vladivostok. However, the battle was short lived, as the Russian army of 120,000 was dwarfed by the combined Qing-Japanese army guarding the coast. Russian forces attacked bravely, but there was little hope of them achieving victory.
(-2,400 regulars, -45,500 conscripts to Russia, -4,100 regulars, -37,200 conscripts to Qing, -10,300 conscripts to Japan)

While the Asian troops had held their own on land, on the water it was a different story. The Japanese was the only power in the region with a decent fleet, and even that was smaller in comparison to the meanest Coalition fleet. A naval engagement took place, as the Japanese fleet had been warned of the approaching Coalition fleet by a fisherman. Japanese ships were heavily outgunned, and were forced to rely on the fickle wind, whereas the Coalition was mostly steam driven. Using a thick fog as cover, the Japanese fleet manoeuvred themselves upwind of their enemy, and attacked. Japanese ships scored a few lucky hits, sending Coalition ships to the bottom, and even badly damaging a Dutch ironclad. But the skilled European sailors responded viciously, and won the day. The surviving Japanese fleet retreated to ports on the home isles, and with naval supremacy gained, the Coalition enforced a blockade upon Japan.
(-3 sail frigates, -1 screw frigates to Russia, -1 ironclad, +1 ironclad in 1 turn, -2 screw frigates to the Netherlands, -2 screw frigates to Germany, -3 screw frigates, -5 sail frigates to Japan, Japan blockaded)

A small German force landed on the Japanese island of Shikoku. There were few Japanese troops in the area, and the Germans managed to gain a foothold on the island. However, it was a precarious foothold, and they would be hard-pressed to defend themselves against the Japanese for long.
(-1,200 conscripts to Germany, -2,000 regulars to Japan)

The British, former allies of the Qing, had now turned against them. British officials in India attempted to raise an army in order to attack the Great Qing. However, there was not as great a patriotic sentiment amongst the locals as the British had hoped.
(+120,000 conscripts to Britain)