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What if the Qing Dynasty survives a couple more years and postpones its collapse just long enough to enter World War 1? The Qing Dynasty enters the war on the side of the central powers to get revenge on Japan for the First Sino-Japanese War, as well as Britain for the unequal treaties in the Opium Wars. Russia would have an absolutely massive front to defend against the Qing Dynasty, which would almost certainly help Germany. Japan would invade Manchuria and mainland China for earlier than in OTL, and would be very successful due to Japan's modernized military. World War 1 would be far bloodier than in OTL with a war in China. How deep would the Japanese push into China? Would it also descend into trench warfare? Would the British, French, and Siamese make a combined force to invade Qing China from the south? Would the Central Powers win World War 1 with a far more successful Eastern Front due to the massive border between Qing China and Russia? How would the post-war years be different with Japan invading mainland China almost 20 years earlier?
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