As a forenote, this idea is not refined.
I've always had a love for the great empires of China, their dynasties and court rituals, the prestige of the Emperor and so forth. This brought me to alternate-history; where I have... Literally never seen one goddamn example of where Imperial China lived without being some European nations' buttmonkey (which doesn't at all make it alternate, does it?). Anyways I'm intending on researching the Great Qing and I'm wondering from all of you before I start on my timeline.
How could Qing have survived, and better, how could she have been strong enough to rebuke various European and Japanese incursions into her empire?
Also hai, new guy, be gentle.
I've always had a love for the great empires of China, their dynasties and court rituals, the prestige of the Emperor and so forth. This brought me to alternate-history; where I have... Literally never seen one goddamn example of where Imperial China lived without being some European nations' buttmonkey (which doesn't at all make it alternate, does it?). Anyways I'm intending on researching the Great Qing and I'm wondering from all of you before I start on my timeline.
How could Qing have survived, and better, how could she have been strong enough to rebuke various European and Japanese incursions into her empire?
Also hai, new guy, be gentle.