User blog comment:Eastward Expansion/America and China (Book Review part 2)/@comment-1375165-20100801192548

I don't know if it will be that complex, while I agree that Tibet and Inner Mongolia might become their own nations, I doubt anywhere else inland would be so united. Most likely China would become divided into inland nations that might fracture further, with no government, rich coastal regions centered around Shang'Hai and Hong Kong, and then Beijing would be on its own with whatever the central government can manage to hold onto. I'd also say its a safe bet that international powers, like the US, Europe and mayyybe even Japan, would come in to worsen the situation for the Chinese central government, putting it more in their favor and away from the power of Beijing.