In China, 1855, there were several Muslim rebellions in southwestern China during the reign of Emperor Xianfeng. The rebellions were eventually put down, but I had a thought. Might China be better off without these Muslim dominated provinces? They were not like the rest of China, and large diversity makes it hard to run an empire. So what if Xianfeng, or whoever was making the decision decided to just let those Muslim dominated provinces go. Would China be better or worse off?
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