Let's take a factual scenario and take out it's core, how would the Sino-Japanese War been affected by no Pearl Harbor? By 1941 China had been involved in a 5 year death struggle against Japan and half the country was under occupation. China had no effective navy of any sort, an antiquated air force made up mostly of american volunteers, no heavy arms or tanks, and limited small arms, most of their best troops had been wiped out at Shanghai so what kind of strategy can they undertake to win the war or was just trading time for space and hoping the bleed Japan white the only way?