Hainan instead of Taiwan.

First, a question, what was so promising and enticing about Taiwan for Jiang Jieshi and the Nationalists?

Second, would it have been possible and feasible for the Nationalists to set up the ROC on Hainan instead, and if they suceeded, how would the PRC government react.
 
1. It's Chinese, but as far from the Communists as possible.

2. Hainan is too close to the mainland, it'd probably fall, and it's much smaller too.
 

Hendryk

Banned
2. Hainan is too close to the mainland, it'd probably fall, and it's much smaller too.
Hainan is close to the mainland, but it's practically the same size as Taiwan, and because it isn't as mountainous it has more living space and arable land.

I'm personally more interested in speculation about the Nationalists holding on to both islands. As observed in that other thread, the Communists conquered Hainan a mere few weeks before the Korean War broke out. Had Nationalist resistance held on for a bit longer, Hainan would have been included in the US sphere of influence just like Taiwan.
 

Thande

Donor
Hainan is close to the mainland, but it's practically the same size as Taiwan, and because it isn't as mountainous it has more living space and arable land.

I'm personally more interested in speculation about the Nationalists holding on to both islands. As observed in that other thread, the Communists conquered Hainan a mere few weeks before the Korean War broke out. Had Nationalist resistance held on for a bit longer, Hainan would have been included in the US sphere of influence just like Taiwan.
Interesting. Seems as though a state on two widely separated islands would definitely retain a 'true China in exile' mentality rather than shift towards 'separate state' as Taiwan has, and might even keep the Security Council seat for longer.
 
I remember reading somewhere that a large portion of Hainan's population favored the communists over the nationalists. So, it may not have been a feasible area for the nationalists to hold onto.

I did a sort of reverse Taiwan in the original map thread. I looked up the what areas in China favored the nationalists and which the communist.
 
When the Communists invaded Hainan, at the end of the CCW, several of the Companies, simply swan across and got behind the nationalist troops defending the Beaches.
 
I remember reading somewhere that a large portion of Hainan's population favored the communists over the nationalists. So, it may not have been a feasible area for the nationalists to hold onto.

I did a sort of reverse Taiwan in the original map thread. I looked up the what areas in China favored the nationalists and which the communist.

So, why did you give partn of Alaska to the Communists?:confused:
 

Hendryk

Banned
I remember reading somewhere that a large portion of Hainan's population favored the communists over the nationalists. So, it may not have been a feasible area for the nationalists to hold onto.
The Nationalists weren't exactly popular in Taiwan either between 1945 and 1949. They treated the local population as Japanese sympathizers if not collaborators, installed Jiang's cronies in positions of power, and let corruption run rampant. When a street incident degenerated into a riot in February 1947, they took advantage of it to implement a brutal political purge that killed some 10,000 people. If they had to do the same in Hainan, they would without hesitation.
 
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