 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Pakati pa1875 na1880 China yakatenga zvikepe zvinotakura zvombo zvinotakura zvombo 13 kubva kuBritain ndokuvaka chimwe Tiong Sing kuShanghai. Pashure peboka reJiansheng mbiri, magwa akavakwa neBritain akapiwa mazita kubva muarufabheti yechiGiriki, kubva paAlpha kusvikira kuLambda, nokudaro achizivikanwa semagwa ane pfuti ane arufabheti. Kunyange zvazvo vakakurumidza kupiwa mazita echiChinese, mazita eboka anoratidzika kuva akaramba aripo. Chimwezve chikepe chinonzi Rendel gunboat Hoi Tung Hung chakavakwa munharaunda yacho kumitsetse ye alphabetical flat-irons, asi yakavakwa kubva pahuni yakafukidzwa nesimbi. Fusheng uye Jiansheng vakarasikirwa muhondo yeFuzhou muna 1884 pakutanga kweHondo yeChina neFrance. Zvikepe zvina zveChinese zveRendel zvakapindawo muhondo yeRwizi rweYaluvachirwa navaJapan muna 1894. Ngarava dzeChina sere dzesimbi dzakapwanywa kana kuti dzakatorwa neJapan muhondo yeWeihaiwei muna 1895. 