China--like Russia--is the bloated corpse of a dead empire, held together by sheer military force, but not for long
have you really never heard of the Uyghurs, Tibetans, Mongols, Zhuang, etc?
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even aside from ethnic fracturing--the Han themselves have history of breaking into smaller states w/warlords
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I can't see a scenario where China collapses anytime soon, don't see much strife within the party
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those are all peripheral and Han colonization has fragmented their majority areas
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that they are peripheral makes them *more* difficult to retain in times of strife, not less
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true but even during the warlord era it Han (or Hui) generals ruling the periphery
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