I would love to see somebody take a game of thrones sized budget and do 8 seasons of china during the 20th century. The Clavell novels give a tiny sliver of what might be possible with this story.
It has it all: war, violence, sex, destruction, decadence, fabulous wealth and grinding poverty. Half of the stories like the OP would be dismissed as implausible if written as fiction.
It has it all: war, violence, sex, destruction, decadence, fabulous wealth and grinding poverty. Half of the stories like the OP would be dismissed as implausible if written as fiction.