What was pre-WW2 china like?

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Warring States Period 2: This Time It's Personal

>>2412173

How did it happen?

>>2412199
If I remember correctly (I'm not the best at Chinese history, so forgive any inaccuracies), basically a bunch of resentment from Han Chinese at their Manchu overlords mixed with anger at the government's reluctance to adopt modern technology and ways of thinking boiled over into a military coup/revolution, where they overthrew the government and ended all the Mandate of Heaven bullshit, and established a republic. However, the republic was weak as fuck, and they handed power over to a guy called Yuan Shikai, who crowned himself emperor again. That didn't last long like at all, a couple weeks if I recall correctly, people were dead set on a new government and he was old so he died a year later. When he died there was no republic but now no emperor or main guy in power, so there was a power vacuum, leading to warlords taking over.

>>2412136
Horrible

>>2413441
Was it any worse than being under the Qing dynasty though?

>>2412136
Civil war, Commies vs Racists

>>2413487
>Racists
How were the KMT racist? Didn't they have a flowery vision of Hans, Tibetans, Manchus, Mongols, and Muslims all holding hands? Not trying to shitpost I'm genuinely curious