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Several western sources reported that the Qing dynasty Imperial Chinese military under the direction of Li Hongzhang acquired " Electric torpedoes ", which were deployed in numerous waterways along with fortresses and numerous other modern military weapons acquired by China.

At the Tientsin Arsenal in 1876, the Chinese developed the capacity to manufacture these " electric torpedoes " on their own.

A form of Chinese art, the Nianhua, depict such torpedoes being used against Russian ships during the Boxer Rebellion, whether they were actually used in battle against them was undocumented and unknown.