No Opium Wars

Depends on how & why they were avoided. Is the Chinese government in a stronger position & the European powers in a weaker one? Have the European powers achieved total dominance over China w/o going to war?
 
The British are compromised and busy with other things. The rest of Europe would still be in a position to replace them.
 
If the Opium Wars don't happen because Britain is busy elsewhere, it only delays the inevitable. China will not reform without a reason to, and when the Europeans (or the Americans, or the Japanese) come, it will be that much worse.
 
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