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While I agree with most of the thread that China won't be split up like Africa, Captain Jack did make a good point about ceding either already leased territories, or ones that were leased IOTL after the Rebellion was put down. One thing this could do is help a pet peeve of mine, an independent...

Jesus, mcdo, the rate you're going I won't have to do any research of my own. I kid, but seriously, that's a pretty damn expansive description of the situation in Japan. Thank you.

I've just got a little nitpick: blue magic is slang for pure heroin.

Fair enough, but since this is more imperial Chinese, pre-Sino-Japanese War, pre-Boxer Rebellion stuff, it doesn't really affect GMD policies towards Japan, does it?

I did some cursory wikipediaing on it, and to me it just seems like another incident in the long tradition of Chinese mass hissy-fits that continue to this day. It just happened to be done by sailors in a foreign port. Brawling in brothels and pissing on police boxes is hardly tantamount to...

My thoughts exactly, though the South China Sea is off-limits thanks to the British, French, Americans and Dutch

I think everyone knows that, but what a number of people are saying is if they unified they'd go straight for Korea, which I find a little strange, since the GMD were more about the Chinese people (in theory at least) than any kind of old imperial grandeur.

There's a lot of talk of the Chinese wanting Korea back in their sphere or independent. I understand this coming from the Qing, but did the GMD really have this kind of ambitions?

Is it realistic for the Sino-Japanese relationship to evolve into one of cooperation if the militarists don't get into power? Say the Chinese gave the Japanese more mining/industrial concessions, while the Japanese invested in Chinese infrastructure and the like. I know that a lot of the GMD...

The coastal fort near Rauma is Kuuskajaskari isn't it? My dad was there with the Coastal Artillery in the 80s after graduating from Cadet School.

I'd say up until the 50s or so it was because of racial prejudice, 60s it was because of communism and 70s onwards it was because of its uncertain future vis-a-vis China.

I'm just in a belligerent mood, and the scores of one-sentence trolly replies aren't helping

I never said China was giving Hong Kong democracy. My point was that Britain had no chance of bringing democracy, except in the form of Chris 'Loose Cannon' Patten, because of China's unflinching no-democracy stance in the negotiations.

But then isn't it the case that if the Britain-Japan alliance didn't break down, they wouldn't have to reassess their position?

This exactly. I highly recommend the documentary series 'The Last Governor of Hong Kong', for a very extensive look at the period leading up to the handover, and the problems caused for everyone by the last governor, Chris Patten's attempts to bring some sort of elected representation to the...

What effect did Britain's abandoning their alliance with the Japanese in favour of the Washington Naval Treaty have on their bilateral relations? Could they remain cordial despite OTL events or do I have to make the Brits reject the Treaty as well?

This is the sort of stuff I'm looking for, thank you very much

I'm sorry, that's far too late. The occupation and sacking of Nanking was in 1937

A thought occurs to me. A lot of the GMD old guard lived and studied in Japan. Could they forge some sort of closer relations with the Japanese, leading to a more equal and friendlier relationship between the two? Have the GMD promise favourable trade conditions for the Japanese in return for...

This is a bit of a strange way to look at the situation. These wars are like the wars that the Western powers had with China in the mid-to-late 19th century, not necessarily the obvious precursors to inevitable invasion. Everyone else was also intervening in China in little incidents. By the...