AHC/Wi: Sino Japanese allaince- plausiblity and effects

[The Undead Martyr]

Prior to Japan going nuts Chinese intellectuals had fairly decent relations with them. In the event that China avoids fragmenting- say Uuan Shikai dies earlier, and Sun Yat Sen relatively smoothly seize power, and lives a vit longer than OTL- assuming also that perhaps the soviets are more potent, say avoiding the kerensky offensive, leading to a much scarier USSR menacing the Chinese border. There were warlords (IIRC the one the IJA killed in Manchuria...) were reasonably comfortable as loose jaapnese clients, and under the right circumstances I can see an Entente cordiale sort of agreement developing between the two countries.

Really I think it comes down to internal politics in Japan. Specifically strengthening the navy at the cost of the army, by firmly discrediting the latter- say a defeat in manchuria (or worse showing) during the Russo Japanese war, or a stronger anti russian intervention going sour.

Sort of a half formed thing but I'm curious about unconventional WW alliances and this is one that sort of stuck in my mind at the moment.

 

[Duke Andrew of Dank]

I actually had this be sort of part of a DBWI I made where Japan and the USSR are on different sides. With the PRC basically being the USSR's puppet in China.

DBWI: Axis Japan, Allied USSR

As well all know, the USSR, formerly Russia, was not too happy about losing all that territory in Eastern Europe. This led to their infamous alliance with Nazi Germany that only stayed together thanks to the fact both nations wanted that parts of Poland that belonged to them before 1914. Japan...

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