They will be annexed by China once, China westernises unless they are completely independent. The substates are: Guangxi, Yunnan, Xinjiang, Manchuria, Mongolia and Qinghai. Surrounded by expansionist European empires, it is essential for China to maintain good relations with potential aggressors seeking colonial concessions, most notably the United Kingdom and Russia.Ĭhina has the biggest potential to be the most powerful nation in the game, even bigger than Great Britain.Ĭhina starts divided into substates, which are vassals of the Chinese Empire. But upon embracing Westernisation and becoming a civilized nation, it is basically guaranteed that China will become a great power in its own right.
Initially its only real claim to being a significant regional player is its large territory and numerically powerful army. The former centre of Asian civilisation is even lagging behind Japan in development. China under the Qing Dynasty in 1836 is in a technologically backward state, but it is boasting an enormous population and abundant wealth.
