Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-4923787-20130801180646/@comment-4923787-20130805002704

Would there be any ways to allow a non-Manchu Qing to succeed the Ming? Would it be as simple as Nurhaci not being able to unite the tribes? Or will I have to look deeper?

As an alternative, can the Qing open up to the West? I don't think I'm wording it right. I mean, say they're cautious until the Opium Wars or some alternate equivalency, when it really drives it home to the majority of the nobles that they need to adapt to combat Imperialism. Again, I'm not sure if I'm wording this right, because there were attempts to modernize the Qing, but what I mean is to make the nobles really grasp the need for change.