How could Xinjiang become independant with a POD after 1900?
How long would it last? Could it last to present day (2018)?
How long would it last? Could it last to present day (2018)?
Yes, it could have easily became independent Soviet client state in the 1930s, it could have survived in the cold war with the USSR protecting it. In fact, I would say it's weird that it -didn't- become independent in the 1930s.How could Xinjiang become independant with a POD after 1900?
How long would it last? Could it last to present day (2018)?
What about a scenario were Uyghurstan is independant in a world similar so ours?Easy: Just have the KMT win the civil war and the Soviets prop up a pro-Soviet Uighur Republic as part of a string of buffer states against the RoC (along with Mongolia and a "PRC-in-Manchuria").
The Soviets would have kept an independent Xinjiang in a PRC victory scenario in the same way they kept independent Mongolia otl:What about a scenario were Uyghurstan is independant in a world similar so ours?
The warlord in charge of Xinjiang at the time was Sheng Shicai, who even for a Chinese warlord was nakedly opportunist: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheng_Shicai#1937–38_purgesThe Soviets would have kept an independent Xinjiang in a PRC victory scenario in the same way they kept independent Mongolia otl:
the opportunity was there otl in the 1930s-early 40s, Stalin just didn't take it
As the Germans lost the Battle for Stalingrad, Sheng tried to return to the pro-Soviet policy. He ordered the arrest of the Kuomintang personnel, telling Stalin that they were Japanese spies, and telling Chiang that they were communists. Stalin, however, refused to intervene, and left Sheng at the mercy of the Central government, which engineered his removal from office.[82] Zhu Shaoliang convinced him to resign and to accept the post of Minister of Agriculture.[83] Sheng officially resigned from his post and was appointment as Minister of Agriculture and Forestry on 29 August 1944. He left Xinjiang on 11 September 1944 to join the Central government in Chongqing.[84] The post of Minister of Agriculture under Kuomintang was reserved for men out of power, since the post was insignificant with the increasing power of the landlords.[83] Chiang signed an order allowing Sheng to recoup the wealth beneath the governor's building. The storehouse contained fifty thousand taels of gold, chests full of valuable antelope horns, and endless blocks of opium. In total, Sheng removed 135 truckloads of wealth.[84]
actually it would be like soviet central asia, not rich, but not third world eitherIt would likely become a third-world nation where the corrupt government could not even feed or employ its own people.
How could Xinjiang become independant with a POD after 1900?
How long would it last? Could it last to present day (2018)?