Essentially what it says on the tin; what if the British somehow managed to win the Opium War?
I was reading up about the conflict a few days ago and after seeing just how bloody a war it turned out to be for both sides, it got me thinking on how the British could have come out victors, and what would the repercussions be? Seriously; would China have become simply a re-run of what later happened in Africa, or would the population be too big to adequately hold down in the same fashion? What would China look like today, especially without the late-Qing's Huaongzhì Reforms that (I feel) probably wouldn't happen in TTL? Any ideas?