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Title basically says it. Japan took Tsingtao, other German concessions in China, and Germany's pacific island colonies in 1914. If the Spring Offensive had succeeded and led to some sort of peace settlement favoring the Central Powers, would Japan have given back those colonies? Could Britain...

There are many other threads on this topic, all quite interesting but with slightly different ideas. My main question is, if Britain (it doesn't have to be Britain, it could be another European colonial power, but I find Britain the most likely IOTL) had acquired Taiwan/Formosa as a colony, in...

Just a scenario I cooked in my head. I know this is improbable but for the sake of the scenario, let us discuss the ramifications. Let's just say for some reason after Japan's defeat in WWII, the instrument of surrender only says Japan needs to let Korea and the South Pacific Islands go...

So I've been reading about the history of Christianity in East Asia and I've been thinking, what if the Nestorian Christians were able to create a lasting community in China? It is not necessary that they convert all of China to Christianity, simply that they become an "ethnicity"* like the Hui...

the European map is the same as normal iron curtain times. Also yes china goes capitalist because neither the USA nor Russia would allow it to be communist (nor a bunch of other powers) make your own ideas for if it’s democratic Russia/china or dictatorship. The countrys hate each other because...

I am planning on uploading a story that continues after the end of the SS-GB show. It would focus on Archer’s efforts to further undermine German occupation of Britain as well as international developments. Will explain more soon, but I have ideas regarding the situation of British Jews, the...

What if the House of Li escaped to Japan and intermarried/merged with with the House of Yamato? How would this affect the history of East Asia and is it possible that this could lead to a Japanese conquest of Korea and China?

Hello everyone, I'm new to posting here. And I've been developing a timeline that involves a major event, a North-South China divide/continuation of the Chinese Civil war. From what I've got the TL has some significant key-events changed a few years before in the 40s and 50s, that lead to a...

https://www.scmp.com/article/626178/mao-offered-10m-women-trade-us So, what if Kissinger takes this as comedy and jokingly accepts, yet to his surprise shiploads of Chinese refugees begin swarming the west coast in the following months? How would the US respond? China wouldn't accept them...

The Liang dynasty was one of the Southern Dynasties, established by Xiao Yan, also known as Emperor Wu of the Liang (r. 502-549). He was a dynamic ruler whose reign was marked by unprecedented cultural and military advancements; the capital, Jiankang (modern Nanjing), became the world's most...

Most, if not all Tiananmen Square AHs feature China transitioning into either a fledgling liberal democracy or a Russia-like kleptocracy. This time, I would like to try a whole different approach to this PoD...

It's somewhat common to see Chinese colonial power timelines but it's almost always during the Ming which due to the culture and society at the time, had no desire to actually turn them into colonies, they just wanted to show off China as a superior power. But the Song had a large population...

Would have South Japan and North Japan Divided instead West Germany and East Germany? Would have Anime, Manga and Light Novel Never Exist? Would Have South and North Japan Reunification instead West Germany and East Germany Reunification 1990? Would Have Soviet Invaded Korea? Would Kuomintang...

When the army of the Eight Nations Alliance captured Peking in 1900, Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu disguised themselves as peasants and fled to Xi'an. A random thought occurred to me -- what if Cixi had killed herself like the Chongzhen Emperor of Ming when the city fell? (European soldiers...

Hello everyone, I have been a fan of alternate history stories, and therefore one reason why I have stumbled upon this site. I also love reading chinese alternate history/self insert stories, and I have noticed that most if not all follow a general trend. Land has been increasingly controlled...

Is it possible for the left wing of the Kuomintang to become the dominant player in China during the early warlord period? Perhaps it could end up being a reversal of the OTL Chinese Civil War, with a right-KMT government waging a guerilla war in the countryside. I know Stalin initially...

Xiong Xianghui was a CCP spy who worked as a secretary to Hu Zongnan, one of the Nationalists' top generals, sending all sorts of important information regarding KMT moves to the Communist leadership. His biggest contribution to the Communist victory in the Chinese Civil War happened in early...

I came across a book titled "Ever the Diplomat: Confessions of a Foreign Office Mandarin" written by Sherard Cowper-Coles and printed in 2012. He had been the British ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Israel and Afghanistan in the 2000s, and most relevant to this discussion, the head of the Hong Kong...

Let's take a detour from European history and look at some PoDs and possibilities in Asia. Many had theorised about modern Chinese history without Deng, most notably had the Maoist Gang of Four or Hua Guofeng prevailed over the reformists. That is not our main point of discussion today, however...

Is it plausible for China to become communist before Russia or in a timeline where the Bolshevik revolution in Russia fails or never happens, or is this ASB territory? China seems to have the ingredients to go communist post 1911 revolution, with alot of poor and oppressed peasants, political...