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What if China, miraculously, had a more competent leadership in the late 19th century, allowing them to win the First Sino-Japanese War? Could That, combine with other strokes of good luck (Russians not attacking Manchuria, a string of competent administrators etc..) allow China to reach close...

Well it would be interesting to see how the boxing community would be different if dubya lost his reelection bid as president of the World Boxing Organization... Any boxing fans here like to contribute? OOC: Nowhere did it say Dubya was the President of the United States ITTL :D And this is...

How would Chiang Kai Shek living until 2000 (he'd be 113, so theoretically plausible) affect Taiwan and it's relation with the PRC? Even if he doesn't stay in power his whole life, assume that his mind is clear and working up until his death.

We can make it such that Napoleon is just Locked up, and creates almost no butterflies for another 50 or so years, then the British decides to release him around the 1860s for any number of reasons (he's too old, a deal with France etc...). Then, his effect on Napoleon III, perhaps as an...

The Doctor who tried to save Hitler's mother's life was also Jewish. And guess what, Hitler actually was eternally grateful for that doctor. Years later after Hitler took power, he personally ordered the Gestapo to leave that doctor and his family alone, and ultimately, allowed him and his...

like which ones? South Korea did turn out pretty successful but I don't think the regime was ever as unpopular as the KMT. Not to mention that the country is much smaller and easier to manage than China is. South Vietnam was basically a mini version of KMT China and fell for pretty much the same...

I agree, but I also doubt that KMT China can do better than OTL

KMT as a whole was rotten to the core and hated by a huge chunk of the populace.

Not sure how well they would've turned out though. The KMT was hopelessly corrupt and unpopular, which was why the CCP won the Civil War despite overwhelming odds against them. If the KMT were corrupt enough to be able to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory, I'm not certain how well they...

Yeah, but Deng Xiaoping succeeded mostly because of China's centralized government and the relative lack of corruption in the 1980s (lower than either China or India today). Yes, the ROC would never have to suffer from communism, but it would also not have the centralization and efficiency that...

Neither did OTL India. Yeah OTL India still lags behind the PRC today, despite both countries starting out at roughly the same place in 1950. But what OTL India does have along with KMT China are massive amounts of corruption that would severely hinder economic growth. Corruption wasn't really a...

If the Nazi win and seize most of Conteinental Europe up to the Urals, while Mao wins the Chinese civil war as per OTL, how would rump USSR and PRC get along? The USSR would still be technologically more advanced, but being in a much weaker position, would it be much more dependent on China than...

You might as well have them flee to Hong Kong or the US and form a government in exile there. Although the US and UK are still demonized as imperialists by the communists, fleeing to Japanese territory is illogical and idiotic considering the nasty memories of WWII that are still very fresh in...

If the PRC collapses violently, either because of a Chinese version of Pol Pot, or through a nuclear war that spares Taiwan, then KMT reclaiming large chunks of the mainland is pretty doable.

Because the USSR won't want China taking advantage of the situation and invading Siberia.

What would poland be like then? Culturally, I'd imagine it would be pretty American, along with a blend of many other nations' cultures which contain many Polish emigres. The large influx of Polish-Americans may mean that English is just as widespread as Polish is in Poland? And there might...

Yeah that's what I thought too. Uyghurs and Hui hate each other far more than Hui hate the Han Chinese (if they ever hated the Han at all), despite the fact that Uyghur and Hui are both Muslims. To be honest, the only way I can see Islamic terrorism happening in China ITTL is if there are large...

Question: Why would Muslim terrorists attack China? China isn't occupying Uyghuristan, which seems to be what OTL Muslim extremists mostly hate about China.

It's timelines like this that makes me wonder just how interesting it would be if we can ever meet with our alternate selves. Imagine Svetlana, or Sandy Parker, meeting her alternate self from OTL. IOTL, I would imagine Sandy retain her conservative anti-communist views. They'd be utterly...

What would happen to Manchuria after the Soviets leave? It would probably still be one of the "best" and most organized parts of the former PRC. Might it try to align itself with Taiwan if not out right join it?