I roto i te 1880s, te Tiamana kaipuke AG Vulcan Stettin hanga e rua o te tino hou, me te kaha kaipuke whawhai o tona ra-<unk>te mua-dreadnought battleships Zhenyuan ko Dingyuan<unk>mo te Hainamana Beiyang Fleet i kite nui mahi i roto i te Pakanga Sino-Japanese Tuatahi. I muri i te tuatahi o China's whakahoutanga kaha mārama i muri i tona parekura i roto i te Pakanga Sino-Japanese Tuatahi, Yuan Shi-kai ui German te āwhina i roto i te hanga i te Self-Whakapakari Army (Chinese: 自強軍; pinyin: Zángqiì) me te New Jūnly Army Created (新陸軍; Xūnjìng 建軍) i roto i tona whakahoutanga.
nga take hōia, engari ano hoki nga take ahumahi me te hangarau