Qing dynasty in central powers

There is no Cixi in this scenario anymore, there is Guangxu

Cixi only plotted against Guangxu after his Hundred Day reforms, otherwise Guangxu has no basis to accuse Cixi. (I'm not going to go into how even that's going to not help him and only make him more suspicious if Cixi mysteriously dies one day.) And the Beiyang army programme was begun at least a decade before this whole thing happened.
 
But what army could the western powers deploy to China at this stage with reasonable numbers when they are completely tied up in other theaters?There's always Japan,but is Japan involved?Another thing is how determined are the Chinese at war?

I was responding to a theoretical Japanese invasion after China joined the Central powers. Hopefully they'd fight like hell to win the war against Japan back then.
 
So is the POD with Cixi kicking the bucket much earlier than OTL?

The PoD is no coup against Guangxu, you can choose what happens, she can kick the bucket sooner, of Yuan Shikai could refuse to help her, or Guangxu can purge both of then, etc
 
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