AHC: China contests Japan over Ryukyus

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What could have made the Qing dynasty challenge Japanese control over Okinawa and the Ryukyus?

The times when the Chinese could have contested Japanese control are many. They include possibly opposing the Satsuma Daimyo's advance onto the islands, or contesting Japanese sovereignty over the Ryukyus in the 1870s, when the Japanese firmed up uncontested sovereignty by undertaking a punitive expedition against Taiwanese aborigines on the Rykyuans behalf and made them a prefecture.
 
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