So we know that without Ataturk post WWI Turkey could have been in real trouble. But China also needed a savior at the time, being occupied by the Great Powers and having Japan receive Germany's share.
Could an Ataturk equivalent rise up in the Chinese ranks, push the Japanese out of China, and demand a better treaty with the Europeans? Or would the Great Powers considered that good for a relatively European country like Turkey, but not want to leave China.