I know there was a similar thread about this (https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/ahc-wi-axis-china-and-allied-japan.377683/) but still worth discussing.
So what would it take for a post-1900 POD to have an Imperial Japan that retains its Taisho Democracy (though with ironically Showa onboard) go up against a KMT ruled China (or at least some more authoritarian offshoot of the KMT) in WWII? I'm quite well aware of Japan's industrial advantage over China as well as the Anglo-American distrust of Japanese influence in the early 20th century, but as I said in that thread the best way to have China be somewhat strong to take on Japan is to have the KMT in power sooner than OTL.
So what would it take for a post-1900 POD to have an Imperial Japan that retains its Taisho Democracy (though with ironically Showa onboard) go up against a KMT ruled China (or at least some more authoritarian offshoot of the KMT) in WWII? I'm quite well aware of Japan's industrial advantage over China as well as the Anglo-American distrust of Japanese influence in the early 20th century, but as I said in that thread the best way to have China be somewhat strong to take on Japan is to have the KMT in power sooner than OTL.
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