Caesar Australis
Banned
Scenario: Russian wins the Russo-Japanese war, and then takes Tsingtao in WW1(which sees a much earlier Allied victory then OTL, as suggested here). At this point in time China is chaotic and disintegrating, with Russia poised to take at least the Northern half into it's firm sphere of influence if it should choose to do so.
Of course the British and French would not like that, and their influence is paramount along the Southern coast, so they might choose to prop up a Southern proxy regime to keep the Russian influence in China contained.
Plausible?
This of course sets up the stage for the possibility of a second world war(though of course if this 1st was short then it probably wouldn't be known as the "1st world war"/"Great war").
Of course the British and French would not like that, and their influence is paramount along the Southern coast, so they might choose to prop up a Southern proxy regime to keep the Russian influence in China contained.
Plausible?
This of course sets up the stage for the possibility of a second world war(though of course if this 1st was short then it probably wouldn't be known as the "1st world war"/"Great war").