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in 1949 HMS Amethyst was trapped on the Yangtze after being fired upon by Communist forces and grounded, while on the way from Shanghai to Nanking.

The incident eventually lead to HMS London trying to intervene to free Amethyst and was shelled from shore.

The ship did eventually escape.

I am now wondering if the incident could have become bad enough that Great Britain would have become involved in the Chinese Civil War on the side of the Republican forces.

And would the US could have become involved as well?
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