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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 help their rule.

So, what would be a good set of PoDs or changes in Chinese history, no earlier than 1800, could there have been to prevent an utter collapse of the dynasty?
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