qing dynasty

So we know the Qing empire was the "Sick man of Asia" and Japan took the title of the Asian Power after the First Sino-Japanese war. Japan would later win the Russo-Japanese war in 1905, defeating a major western power. Now One thing when learning about the Russo-Japanese war, was why didn't...

So I was wondering: what would have happened had Zheng Chenggong survived his malaria and continued leading the fleet he had based in Taiwan? Would he have successfully been able to take Manila, and if so, would he have been able to keep it? Would he have been able to continue being a perennial...

XV Century - The great trading fleets of Zheng He, who mapped and opened political ties with the whole Indian Ocean from Malacca to East Africa, are deemed a gargantuan waste of state revenues by conservative officials and all future voyages are scrapped. The Ming Empire turns towards a road of...

With a POD of 1800 or later, break up the Qing empire in a way where China doesn't get exploited by foreign powers. China advances technologically and economically, and native Chinese (whether Han, or members of local minorities) are enfranchised. Despite this, Manchu rule erodes.

In all the Alternate History scenarios of the site regarding the Taiping Rebellion, people either tend to gravitate to two extremes, a total success of the Rebellion and establishment of Hong Xiuquan as the new ruler of China, or the total defeat of the Rebellion along the same lines of OTL. In...

While most people know that the Manchus conquered the Ming Dynasty as it collapsed, few people know that in addition to the Ming and the Latter Jin/Qing, there were two other dynasties lying around during this time, the Shun and the (infamous) Daxi, which respecitvely held most of Northern China...

Is there any way that, with a PoD after the Hundred Days' Reform, an equivalent of the Xinhai Revolution could have led not to a republic, but to a (preferably Han) constitutional monarchy? And yes, i'm aware of Yuan Shikai's brief restoration, but the objective here is to come up with a Han...

“Xing Dynasty China is undeniably the mighty dragon of the Far East, as befits of Genghis Khan and his Mongol hordes. From edges of Central Asian to the eastern coasts of the Pacific, the heart of Orient, their East Asian empire has stood the test of time and perhaps the wealthiest nation in the...

What if Qing empress Cixi had decided to invest on the military rather than in reforming the imperial palace in 1891, giving the chinese navy more of a winning chance in the First Sino-Japanese War? Could the chinese defeat the japanese? If so, then what are the consequences? Would Korea remain...

Ok, so I know that Japan of all the Asiatic countries except perhaps Thailand is known for their ability to have been able to rapidly modernize their country due many factors such as A very dense population Kyoto was one of the (if not the) largest cities in the world There was a high literacy...

The 19th century was certainly one the Qing dynasty would rather forget. The Opium Wars showed how powerless it was in the face of the Western powers, the Taiping Rebellion showed their domestic weaknesses, and a series of weak Emperors marked by a prolonged de facto regency under Cixi did not...