How does China do if Mao and Chang not born and Sun Yat Sen lives to 80

I reckon if Sun was around, the US would back him and so on against Japan. There would still be communists, but probably not be as strong. Better safe than sorry and post-war could see China begin rebuilding and so on. Sun would probably have China be in the Allies namely since they’d need to stand up against Russia and if nothing else, Sun would st least engage in friendly rivalry to match the US
 

MatthewB

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Would China united have easily defeated Japan?
Not easily, but China definitely has better odds. Even with the chaos of near civil war in China and no IJA distractions until Dec 1941, Japan was unable to defeat China. Look at the below, by 1940 most of China was untouched by Japan.

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Given unified governance and military prowess, China should be able to give a better showing against Japan.
 
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