The Effects Of A Nationalist China On The Coldwar

You idealise things too much.

Two words that WILL be very important - and make peoples uneasy - in a future where the PRC will democratise; Han nationalism.

Nationalist China may be NOT a democracy, but Francoism sinised way.


What's to idealize?

THe question is the effects of a Nationalist China on the Cold War.

I think the COld War would be less dangerous with a stronger West, and I assume, based on the OTL examples of right wing authoritive governments in Eastern Asia, (Tawain, South Korea, Japan) that we'd see economic development and political liberalization.
 
Maybe we could see China-India-Egypt-Yugoslavia led NAM becoming a true thrid path for the mayority of the world.
This would be the case. China and India would essentially become the biggest players in the NAM, as well as Egypt depending on the situation.

@imperialaquila: Chiang was very adamant on Indian independence before and during the war....so I'd say relations would be good.
 
Why? Lookit Taiwan, how long did it take them? And they're a million times smaller and more mangeable than China.

Depends, American money anyone? It's proximity to other Asian tigers, cheap labor pool, and sea access will help. Although I'm not sure on education without communists (probably won't change much since education was seen as a respectable method of promotion even in ancient times).

A maybe-freer China. Almost certainly with harsh minority policies (very pro-Han, anti-everything else, lookit Taiwan under KMT). Exporting its influence everywhere (provided it's not a basket-case but growing like Deng's China).

Depends, Muslims have been traditionally been over represented in Chinese militaries. Plus I'm not sure how oppressive they can be with hostile Soviet influence next door, more so that some of these regions were essentially autonomous during the civil war, especially in the Soviet disputed areas. There's no reason they would be more free, especially if the nationalists got their censoring act together.

You can still bet on Tibet being a problem (less publicity if China is seen as an ally vs communism) and you would still get a lot of localized discrimination of people from out of province.
 
Would killing Chiang be a possible way to save the KMT (ironic as it is) because AFAIK he was extremely stubborn and often refused to listen to his allies. Was there anybody more co-operative underneath him?
 
Would killing Chiang be a possible way to save the KMT (ironic as it is) because AFAIK he was extremely stubborn and often refused to listen to his allies. Was there anybody more co-operative underneath him?

Well it wasn't just that, many of the former warlords who were promoted to state governors were damn corrupt as well. It was more of an institutional thing, if a person tried to change it expect a quick death or warlords rebelling.
 
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