There is an entire alternate history book with collected essays and stories (written by members of this very board, in fact) that address this very POD.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01BA4460E
As pointed out by others, Hendryk's Superpower Empire is an excellent take on this.
Just as a FYI, much of the timeline was printed out (along with several stories set in the timeline) in a book available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Iron-Fire-David-Wostyn-ebook/dp/B01BA4460E
Just as an FYI, there was an excellent ATL based on this very idea that was made on this very board and subsequently published as a book.
A few members of the board (including yours truly) contributed to the book as well.
You can check it out here...
That does bring up the possibility that it'll be treated just like Star Trek and, after slowly developing a weird cult following for a few decades, becomes rebooted/reimagined/redone over and over again.
You might find this of some interest.
Basically, Yuan Shih-Kai dies days after getting elected president and all the different factions scramble and get themselves a compromise leader to hold things together.
It's basically a cleaned up and heavily expanded version of our forum's very own...
Sorry for the necro but some nice news about this anthology. Two short stories from the anthology have been nominated for the Sidewise Awards! Official announcement:
We are pleased to announce this year's nominees for the Sidewise Award for Alternate History. The winners will be announced at...
https://www.novelrank.com/asin/B01NC2SQ0F
48 kindle sales as of today
https://www.novelrank.com/asin/0692843965
4 paperback sales as of today.
Been a damn good week.