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As the title states, I'm curious to here whether it would be plausible for the Japanese to decide not to invade China before world war 2. What I'd like to know is whether this would be possible for them with the government they had, and also, if they hadn't invaded, whether they may have stood a greater chance of survival as they wouldn't have had such a large military commitment in China and foreign nations wouldn't be as hostile to the Empire. Lastly, without an invasion, could we possibly see an early invasion of French Indochina and the Dutch East Indies instead?: The Japanese Empire could've called it "a war on western imperialism" :D, which may have sat better with the USA than OTL's Chinese war and occupation.
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