Foreign Policy of a victorious KMT China

[walmart]

This doesn't hold if the USSR gives them Manchuria back, though? Wouldn't it be feasible for them to be neutral if that was to occur?

I doubt it as they have massive border with the Soviet Union

The better question is, does a rump State in Manchuria hold up? We’re talking about a province right on the Korean border, and you can bet that the UN forces won’t be shy about curb-stomping the NK forces when the worst thin behind the line is Manchuria. The best NK can hope for is a rump State in the far north, and even then, it probably collapses and is quietly repatriated into the RoK, while the world mutters, “Can you believe those assholes?”

There won't be a Korean war without a Communist government in all or most of China

 

[Carl Schwamberger]

The KMT will have a lot of tension with Europe and the US. The Unequal Treaties and the Concessions were a huge issue among the Chinese. As the colonial empires hit the wall post war the KMT would start pushing hard to replace the treaties with something much fairer and advantageous to China. Or at least the KMT leaders. Like China of OTL the KMT is liable to drift towards a Third World concept.

I think this KMT China would probably join the Non-Aligned Movement officially but it could remain somewhat pro-US while she's rebuilding. A third bloc could be formed with some kind of Asian anti-colonialist bloc that's a bit similar to the European Economic Community which sees countries like China, Japan and South Korea dominating it but I'm not sure.

The US leaders & electorate in the 1945-65 era is liable to have the same centrist liberal attitudes as OTL. that makes relations with the Facist, statist, & kleptocratic KMT problematic. If the US/USSR Cold War is at the same level as OTL then the US will be more tolerant of the KMT policies, but outs never going to be a love match.

 

[BootOnFace]

The RoC would definitely be a founding member of the Non-Aligned movement. And much as India was Soviet-leaning, China will be American-leaning. I can also see it having much of the same economic problems as India, but also not having the deep lows of Mao's reign.

 

[TimTurner]

The RoC would definitely be a founding member of the Non-Aligned movement. And much as India was Soviet-leaning, China will be American-leaning. I can also see it having much of the same economic problems as India, but also not having the deep lows of Mao's reign.

how would relations between the two be like ITTL?

 

[BootOnFace]

how would relations between the two be like ITTL?

Probably a little bit warmer than OTL, but not friends. Even with no ideological beef, they still have disputed border regions and fighting over who gets to influence Burma. They will be international rivals, banding together to make the Non-Aligned Movement worth something and building their own spheres within the movement. Like Britain and the US in the 19th century.

 

[TimTurner]

Probably a little bit warmer than OTL, but not friends. Even with no ideological beef, they still have disputed border regions and fighting over who gets to influence Burma. They will be international rivals, banding together to make the Non-Aligned Movement worth something and building their own spheres within the movement. Like Britain and the US in the 19th century.

Makes sense.