[quote=Dinh AaronMk]
As a repeated note I will absolutely need a China strong enough to exert influence. If you rape the shit out of China it invalidates my story-arcs and I'll feel lost and really incapable of going on because I won't have any consistency with anything.And given the rate of Han-izing China there wouldn't really by any Manchus to support a solely, Manchu nationalist state. So there'd be a good chance it'd just re-annex itself to China proper.
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In that case, no Balkanizing. I still need to have won the war and freed Tibet, though. I'm completely fine with having China be powerful and able to exert hegemony (more powerful than myself, even) as it should provide some interesting challenges, but winning the war is paramount for me. Anyway, if I am correct in assuming that you want them to still be a powerful force in Africa, than I have no issue with that- I just wrecked some parts of southern China and pressured Beijing into a peace-deal. They're still a major player on the world stage.

As for the release of Manchu, that was just a light suggestion. I have no clue what Darkwolf plans to do with China after his victory, and subsequently can't really speak for him (he didn't even mention Manchu, I was just rambling as I oft do).

Also, Dinh, if your le Armie sans Frontiers had the men to spare at the time, do you mind if I put in my sheet that I employed a relatively small force of your mercenaries in northern Tibet/southern Xinjiang against the Chinese three or four years ago? They'd be doing hit-and-run operations to hamper infrastructure and drawing Chinese troops from the battle-lines. You'd be paid (of course) and it seems to fit moderately well with your whole shadow-war against China. Anyway, just a proposition, my story-arc/history shouldn't hampered if you deny, it's just for fluff.