Munguva iyi, Germany haina kushingairira kutevera zvishuwo zveumambo muChina, uye yakaonekwa yakadzora zvakanyanya zvichienzaniswa neUnited Kingdom neFrance. Nekudaro, hurumende yeChinese yakaona Germany semubatsiri mukubatsira China mukuvandudza kwayo. Muma1880s, ngarava yekuGerman AG Vulcan Stettin yakavaka ngarava mbiri dzehondo dzazvino uye dzine simba dzezuva rayo<unk> pre-dreadnought battleships Zhenyuan naDingyuan<unk> yeChinese Beiyang Fleet yakaona chiito chakakura panguva yeFirst Sino-Japanese Hondo. Mushure mekutanga kwekuedza kweChina kwekuvandudza zvakaratidzika kukundikana zvichitevera kukundwa kwayo muFirst Sino-Japanese Hondo, Yuan Shi-kai akakumbira rubatsiro rweGerman mukugadzira Self-Strengthening Army (Chinese: 自強軍; pinyin: Zángqiì) uye Newly Jūn Jūn Army (Chinese: 新陸軍; Xīn Jūn 建軍; Xīn Jūn 軍; Xīn Jūn 軍; Xīn Jūn 軍; Xīn Jūn 
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