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It might also butterfly American military involvement as well. No matter how much Roosevelt wanted to go to war, it would have been much more difficult without Pearl Harbor

Alright, let's get this straight: I specifically want to stop the growing influence of the armed forces in Japanese politics in the 1920s. Everything before this period happens as per OTL. The invasion of Manchuria I'm referring to is the actual invasion of Manchuria by the Japanese Kwantung...

This invasion was in 1931

What if the Japanese military do not rise to the prominent position in government that they did IOTL and don't go about with their unauthorised invasion of Manchuria, and later the rest of China? Will Zhang Zuolin remain the virtual ruler of Manchuria? How will the Chinese Civil War work out...

Any news on an update?

It's Väyrynen. Even though I personally don't like him, that's a pretty harsh fate. I don't get whether he's actually gone insane or if this an Interim Government coup, maybe a bit of both

I know this i a minor point, but how does the end of the French protectorates in Cambodia and Laos come about exactly (if it does)?

''Private Juha Valjakkala, a war hero'' Goddamn, just when you think it can't get any darker, this happens.

If a constitutional monarchy with a strong industrial base and military were to be established, I don't think the Japanese would try any of their shit in the 1900s-1940s. Even getting Korea might be significantly more difficult with a strong and confident China to face. Then, if they can't go...

Can't wait for the next update. In the meanwhile, I do have a little point of curiosity: what does the Vietnamese flag look like ITTL? Is it the same gold star on a red background, or has the VNQDD got their own design?

Britain offering to help Red China sometime in the 60s? Seems highly unlikely, since the West didn't really realise the impact of the sino-soviet split until the early 70s

The influx of Mandarin speakers into all southern cities is starting to upset the Canto/Mandarin balance a bit though, and the governments goal is still a unified China, so I don't know how against the dissolving of Canto culture they are.

puppets of who?

Having lived in Beijing, and then visited HK, I have to say the two places, and their people are very different indeed. If the Brits could realise this and work on it, they could create a bigger problem. They could also do what they did in Malaya and import a bunch of Indians (more than they did...

How could it go any worse?

Do you mean an independent Hong Kong's primary value to China is as an entrepot? Also say the British cultivated a separate cultural identity to mainland, mandarin-speaking Han, could that affect China's want to make it part of them. I know they have a drive to unite the country, ethnic...

How could Hong Kong possibly become an independent city state like Singapore? As far as I understand, Singapore declared independence because of racial tensions between Chinese and Malays and Kuala Lumpur's fears of Singapore's economic and speculated future political dominance within the...

Is this TL dead or what? No discussion here, and no update for a while. I also would like to express my curiosity in Finland's lot ITTL. Making all of Karelia part of an independent, pro-German Finnish monarchy (it's actually possible ITTL, yay) would weaken Russia some more. There might be...

Do it. Ever since I lived in China I've wished this would have happened IOTL

I've really been getting into the Congo Crisis thanks to this TL. Here's another contemporary documentary on the crisis, again ridiculously anti-UN, and using terminology that might be coming straight from Ms Rand's mouth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tP_PzgxLg_k Enjoy