Finished this one a while ago, but just posting about it now. It started off really great, I loved the fantasy warlord-era China vibe. What I did not vibe with was the justification for nuking not-Japan, the rewriting of history so that not-Britain was a disinterested third part that actually helped not-China during the not-Opium Wars instead of actually instigating them (Guess where the author lives by the way). I also REALLY did not vibe with the justification of racism against the population that very clearly represents the indigenous people of Taiwan. Overall, I really liked the setting, and really disliked everything that went on in the setting.