If they had remained in power, would they have been a better alternative to the current (communist) dynasty?

GO BACK TO CHINA ZHANG

Not by the time they fell. They were reforming from the 1880s onwards.

>isolated China from the rest of the world for half a century.
Qinq did that for centuries

>chinese people should live like they did in medieval times
Wow swedes really are racists

The feudal system is better at feeding people than communism. That's not a high bar but still.