balkanized china

In 1928, General Saito learns about the Kwantung Army plot to assassinate Zhang Zuolin and invade Manchuria, and stops both of them instead of just the latter. As a result, there is no Northeast Flag Replacement and Chiang is defeated and killed in 1930 in the Central Plains War against a Wang...

A basic concept, in short, China ends up being split into separate nations at some point in the 1800s. Wether it be via civil unrest spilling over, colonial influence, or any option you can think of.

Ancient Chinese history is mostly made up of dynasties taking up their mandate of heavens to rule the land, but with several hiccups like during the Three Kingdoms period. However, with enough divergences, is a region divided into several states taking its place plausible, or will it be too...