Taiping Heavenly Kingdom lives

so today in 1853 Taiping rebels took the city of Nanjing and made it their capital, so what POD could we see a Taiping state in southern China through to today.
 
Honestly I don't think it really could, atleast not without either changing the beliefs of it or having the original leadership be replaced by more sane, moderate people who the Europeans and parts of the Chinese populace would be comfortable with.


*Several of their beliefs were to be quite frank batshit insane.
 
The panda's timeline is awesome. But he embraces the insanity and runs with it; if you'd prefer a stable, functional (totalitarion, scary) Taiping China, let Shi Dakai come out on top in the initial power struggle.
 
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