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Chiang Kai-shek, leader of the nationalists, actually thought the communists were a bigger threat to China then the invading Japanese were, and it only took two of his generals kidnapping him in the Xi'an incident in order for him to finally join the Second United Front against the Japanese. Even then, the truce with the communists were only in name; the New Fourth Army Incident was a battle between communist and nationalist forces. So, what if, for some reason or another, Chiang Kai-shek decides that the communists are the number one priority to destroy, or that defeating the Japanese is impossible, or that the Japanese invasion was the only time to defeat the communists and secure a rump China under his control. Would he ally with the Japanese, or secured a non-aggression pact?
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