[quote=NarcolepticSailor]
Are we ignoring the fact that the Taiping Rebellion had just ended as well and that the people of China probably aren't exactly keen on angering a power which not only have access to far better technology than they do in a military conflict, but can very easily dispatch a relatively small force to hold them back with. Even in a hypothetical situation where the Chinese/Japanese did win, they'd have suffered so many multiple losses in the process of doing so in an already unstable nation.
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Taiping, 2nd Opium, why not have another societally shattering war?

Better yet, let's invade terrain where we cannot logistically support our large numbers, thus depriving us of our only advantage!

I don't mean to mock, but I feel OOC weighed much more than IC in this call.