The Hanyang 88 (or Type 88) was an early Chinese magazine rifle based on the German Gewehr 88 rifle. In fact the Hanyang Arsenal (the developer and the original manufacturer of the Hanyang 88) was given schematics and production machineries purchased from Germany (when Germany introduced Gewehr 98 as the replacement) by the Imperial Qing government, and hence the Hanyang 88 was born.