 A new Korean military formation, the "Chingunyeong" ("Capital Guards Command"), was also created and trained along Chinese lines by Yuan Shikai.The Chinese also supervised the creation of a Korean Maritime Customs Service in 1883 with von Möellendorff as its head.Korea was again reduced to a tributary state of China with King Gojong unable to appoint diplomats without Chinese approval and troops stationed in Seoul in order to protect Chinese interests in the country.