AHC: Prolong the Ming Empire

Using whatever POD you believe necessary, find a way to prolong the Ming Empire of China to at least 1900 or a short time beyond that.
 
First thing comes into mind would be to figure out how to prevent the Manchus from becoming more powerful. Of course, the Manchus were probably the reason why the Qing dynasty first arose. Second (if this is plausible) would be to butterfly the Imjin War since China's intervention in that war must have consumed a lot of money.
 
First thing comes into mind would be to figure out how to prevent the Manchus from becoming more powerful. Of course, the Manchus were probably the reason why the Qing dynasty first arose. Second (if this is plausible) would be to butterfly the Imjin War since China's intervention in that war must have consumed a lot of money.

The Manchus were the Qing.
 

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I don't really think the Ming were capable of lasting to 1900 for a number of reasons (That I have difficulty articulating, and mostly have to do with Europe's collective rise). On the other hand, no Imjin War would be an obvious POD (which can be accomplished through a delayed/divergent unification of Japan). Later POD's are also doable, especially when take into that just about every Chinese dynastic shift was a free-for-all that pretty anyone could've won, including the incumbent dynasty.
 
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