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My mind is now quite preoccupied by the Beiyang alternative, so that we can do away with the KMT and CCP.

Their rule saw a spectacular economic growth, the heavy industry was not ignored, and the academic freedom was more respected.

I wanted to make an thread named:"AHC: Keep the Beiyang rule intact and avoid warlordism, bonus if KMT is disarmed and CCP annihilated ."

But then I realized that,Beiyang had already gone through the long period of slow collapse by the time Yuan Shikai died and the warlords rose. Actions of Mr. Sun Yat Sen simply fueled this rise. **

Is it possible for us to prevent the eventual Beiyang collapse? If yes, should the POD be as early as late Qing?

**(Sorry, but I'm extremely critical of Sun's actions after 1911... )
 
Other than not bowing before a general who seized power and declared himself emperor, what did Sun do wrong?
 
Wouldn't it be easier to just have the Anhui Clique, with their well-trained army for participation in the Great War and Japanese backing, defeat the Jade Marshal Wu Pei Fu (maybe by the future Christian Warlord of OTL betraying Peifu then instead of later to the Fengtian)? If the Anhui can consolidate the core region around Beijing, they can then go on their own Northern Expedition and wipe out the Fengtian and other Northern warlords by the time the KMT have their stuff together with the Southern warlords? Of course that might result in a Japanese-backed North China vs. KMT South China. But considering the US and other Western countries recognized the Beiyang Government and not the KMT government, I think that it would not be an insurmountable obstacle.
 
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