Alt history LORE: At the beginning of the Meiji restoration, Qing China & Japan unified to create the Sino - Japanese Empire, which also sparked Pan - Asianism, urging the Sino - Japanese to prevent ( As best as they could) European colonization of Asia, leaving them with mere spheres of Influence, however the British Raj still exists. Also, expansion was made into Russia during the Boxer rebellion, along with minor annexations in central Asia.