Name one instance where any nation has peacefully transitioned to democracy. I don't think it has ever happenned.
...we live in an age of globalization where the trend is for countries to unify together (like the European Union) so as to be in a better, stronger position to face the larger global economic environment. Even if China ever did break apart, eventually it would just unify back together again because of Han homogeneity and globalization...
independent
Estonia (from USSR 1990)
Latvia (from USSR 1991)
Lithuania (from USSR 1990)
Belarus (from USSR 1991)
Moldova (from USSR 1991)
Ukraine (from USSR 1991)
Armenia (from USSR 1991)
Azerbaijan (from USSR 1991)
Georgia (from USSR 1991)
Kazakhstan (from USSR 1991)
Kyrgyzstan (from USSR 1991)
Tajikistan (from USSR 1991)
Turkmenistan (from USSR 1991)
Uzbekistan (from USSR 1991)
Czech republic (from Czechoslovakia 1993)
Slovakia (from Czechoslovakia 1993)
Slovenia (from Yugoslavia 1991)
Croatia (from Yugoslavia 1991)
Bosnia and Herzegovina (from Yugoslavia 1992)
Macedonia (from Yugoslavia 1991)
Namibia (from South Africa 1990)
Eritrea (from Ethiopia 1993)
East Timor (from Indonesia 1999)
Palau (US 1994)
violent struggles
Palestine (Israel)
Transdniester (Moldova)
Nagorno-Kharabak (Azerbaijan)
Chechen republic (Russia)
Ossestian (Georgia)
Abkhazian (Georgia)
Ulster (United Kingdom)
Aceh (Indonesia)
Moluccu Islands (Indonesia)
West Sumatra (Indonesia)
North Sulawesi (Indonesia)
Irian Jaya (Indonesia)
Kosovo (Yugoslavia)
Bougainville (Papua New Guinea)
Basque (France,Spain)
Tibet (China)
Xinjiang (China)
Taiwan (China)
Inner Mongolia (China)
Kurdistan (Turkey,Syria,Iraq,Iran)
South Sudan (Sudan)
Chiapas (Mexico)
Mindanao (Philipines)
non-violent struggles
Scotland (United Kingdom)
Cornwall (United Kingdom)
Wales (United Kingdom)
Quebec (Canada)
Corsica (France)
Occitan (France)
Brittany (France)
Alsace-Lorraine (France)
Savoy (France)
Mughalstan (India)
Tamil (India)
Sikh (India)
Padania (Italy)
Two Sicilies (Italy)
Catalonia (Spain)