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  1. A Song was Heard in China - A Different Tiananmen (Version 2.0)

    A Song was Heard in China A Different Tiananmen by Tony Kwok (KWOK Tin-lap) Preface Seven years have passed since I first began writing a timeline on an alternate Tiananmen. Back then I was a student with a strong sense of belonging to my Chinese heritage, with the firm belief that freedom and...

  2. WI: No February 28th Incident in 1947 (Taiwan)

    Today marks the 70th anniversary of the February 28th Incident in Taiwan. First off, salute to those who sacrificed their lives for a just society, and for a better Taiwan. It began with a lone hawker selling unauthorised tobacco. Chief Executive Chen Yi saw protests against his rule as a...

  3. WI: No Gerrard slip in 2014

    Steven Gerrard's fateful and unfortunate slip against Chelsea arguably ended Liverpool's hope for its first Premier League title. In the absence of the infamous Gerrard slip, the game would most likely have ended in a goalless draw. While Liverpool could still have lost the title to Man City...

  4. AHC: Democratic North Korea

    Your challenge, would you choose to accept it, is to make North Korea a free and democratic society (not necessarily wealthy though) with a POD no earlier than the end of Korean War in 1953 (legally the war is yet to be over, but you know what I mean here) in OTL. Bonus if Kim Il-sung is not...

  5. WI: Malaysia prime minister Lee Kuan Yew, no Singaporean split (Take two)

    (A re-run of one of my old posts that has been dead) Many would argue that the People's Action Party's participation in the 1964 general election in other parts of Malaysia was a major reason behind Singapore's expulsion from Malaysia, given fear that the Chinese population in Singapore would...

  6. WI: Hillsborough cover-up exposed before Thatcher's resignation in 1990?

    Let's say for whatever reasons, the now well-documented (see the Hillsborough Independent Panel report) disgraceful cover-up by the Police after the Hillsborough disaster in 1989 was exposed to public before Thatcher's OTL resignation in 1990, instead of the publication erroneous and misleading...

  7. DBWI: 1995 Independence referendum failed in Quebec?

    In 1995, Quebec became an independent country following an extremely razor-thin victory of 0.9% in the independence referendum. Due to the extremely narrow results and heavy opposition coming from the non-Francohphone North, before the Canadian government entered transition talks with the...

  8. WI: President Strom Thurmond 2001-03

    It has always been one of the plausible (not likely but certainly NOT ASB) yet extremely dystopian scenarios that should be given more attention. Let's say for some reasons, Jim Jeffords decides to switch party later than in OTL. Due to butterflies, President Bush was killed during the September...

  9. Impact of successful assassination of Bush in 2005

    On May 10th, 2005, Vladimir Arutyunian, an Armenian would-be assassin threw a hand grenade towards George W. Bush and Mikheil Saakashvili, but it simply did not detonate. To be honest, in the absence of combined circumstances and extreme luck in OTL, Bush and Saakashvili would have been torn...

  10. Truman 3rd Term

    Okay, please don't type stuffs like it would have been ASB. Please don't distort this thread by exploring the various scenarios that would possible lead to a Truman third term as well. These have been done to death. Let's say Truman somehow became the Democratic nominee while Taft became the...

  11. Peace Without Dignity - The Presidency of Lien Chan (2004-08) and Onwards

    As you wait for another update on my Tiananmen TL, which should come out within these few days (Romania up to December 1989 and Mongolia up to 2013); here comes a rather short timeline, dedicated to my real-life friends. In 2004, just a day before the presidential election, incumbent...

  12. WI: Koizumi replaces Aso before 2009 election

    In 2009, after the resignation of controversial and scandal-tainted opposition leader Ichiro Ozawa and his replacement by Yukio Hatoyama, it was a forgone conclusion that the DPJ would win the election that must be held in the next few months. There were calls for Taro Aso to step aside...

  13. WI: 1980 without John B. Anderson

    Let's say John B. Anderson decided not to run for President in 1980 (I mean his independent candidacy). While Reagan would still likely have won, would he win by a smaller margin with fewer states? What other impact could you suggest?

  14. WI: Shafik defeats Morsi in 2012

    In 2012, Mohamed Morsi won the second round of the presidential election with just 51.7% of the popular vote. By doing more to appeal to secular liberals who are more afraid of the Muslim Brotherhood, minor vote rigging, or other reasons that you could think of; what would happen if Ahmed Shafik...

  15. WI/PC: Koizumi challenged Aso in 2009; LDP victory possible that year? (Japan)

    Inspired by Kevin Rudd's return as Prime Minister of Australia and when we are all analyzing his possible effect on the election, I want to explore into another scenario - if Koizumi's return in 2009 could possibly alter the LDP landslide defeat in 2009. As you all know, Prime Minister Taro Aso...

  16. WI: Hitler captured?

    Let's say before Hitler committed suicide, or that he did not do so or has not yet done so, he was captured by the Allies. He would likely be tried for his war crimes. What next? What would be the impact on post-war Germany? How would his trial go?

  17. AHC: Independent East Prussia

    Your challenge, would you choose to accept it, is to make East Prussia an independent state that survives until now, with a POD no earlier than the October Revolution in Russia in 1917. East Prussia could possibly be invaded and occupied in a world war or under other arrangements, but it must...

  18. AHC: Setting up a dystopian 2010s - Worst possible leaders in the world?

    With a worse global financial tsunami, the world could easily become a much more terrible place to live. However, the easiest way to kick things off would still easily be a later "tsunami", the election of John McCain in 2008 and a subsequent Palin presidency. If anyone is to accept this...

  19. Dystopian AHC: Prime Minister Toru Hashimoto of Japan

    Your challenge, would you choose to accept it, is to make Mayor Toru Hashimoto of Osaka, the comfort women apologist and far-right nationalist who once called for the need of dictatorship Prime Minister of Japan. The POD must be after the formation of the Osaka Restoration Association in 2010...

  20. WI: No Singaporean split, Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew of Malaysia in 1969

    Many would argue that the People's Action Party's participation in the 1964 general election in mainland Malaysia was a major reason behind Singapore's expulsion from Malaysia, given fear that the Chinese population in Singapore would neutralize the influence of Malays, and that Lee Kuan-yew may...
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