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Assuming Chiang and the Japanese come to some sort of accommodation during the 1930s, thus avoiding war in 1937, and assuming the Japanese continue to dominate Manchukuo, would a Manchurian identity develop? Or would the Chinese inhabitants of Manchukuo still consider themselves Chinese? OTL has seen the rise of a Taiwanese national identity, starting under the Japanese occupation. Would a similar thing happen in Manchukuo?
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