The results from my poll which tl to do next have been pretty inconclusive and for the moment only one of six proposals is out of consideration. Regardless which I´ll do in the end, it is still some time for me to decide. I want to finish my current one first and that still takes some time. In the meantime I decided to start research for all of them one by one. Some weeks ago I started a thread for suggestions about the first project,
developing a new ideology. Beyond the firm conviction to change its name it also gave me some good ideas and helped me to flesh others out or to change improbable parts. I will continue work on that one and further suggestions to it are still welcome.
At the same time I now want to start looking into the next idea. That is the idea to expand the German role in the Chinese civil war from mere advisors to, if possible, some volunteer units fighting in it. Currently I am working with the basic premise that the official German-Chinese peace treaty after WWI comes a year early. As this is during the troubles with disbanding the Freikorps someone on the German side comes up with the proposal to send the most troublesome parts of those (motivations to accept could be amnesty for political crimes (Kapp-putsch) after 10 years of service and further advancement in rank despite the small army) to China to help with modernisation. In the long run China, and especially the army will modernise faster, while Germany gets rid of some troublemakers while gaining also access to combat experience during the 20s.
That is so far my rough outline and I am reasonably sure I can make it work on the German side. But frankly my knowledge about the Chinese civil war goes not much beyond wikipedia and some bits with direct influence on WW2. Therefore I´d like to know whether it is possible at all and what in your opinion the effects in China and abroad would be. I´d also like recommendations for sources about China and Sino-German cooperation during the 20s and 30s, either in English or German.
Even better for the quality of the tl would perhaps be if with the necessary knowledge about China has interest to write a collaborative tl. Frankly that would improve the chances that this is really going to be my next project.