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Points of Divergence : Taiwan
Prehistory
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Antiquity
WI: A Buddhist or Hindu Taiwan
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The Middle Ages
WI: A Buddhist or Hindu Taiwan
Plausibility check: Taiwan becoming an overseas possession of the Ryukyu Kingdom ?
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Early Modern history
Plausibility check: Taiwan becoming an overseas possession of the Ryukyu Kingdom ?
WI Japanese try to colonize Formosa in 1594, earlier end to Imjin War
Plausibility check: European-colonised Taiwan
WI the Netherlands keep Taiwan
WI the Dutch colonize Taiwan, Malaysia, Brunei, the Philippines and Indonesia
WI: Spanish portion of Taiwan stays Spanish until 1899
WI Europeans discover jade in Taiwan
WI Koxinga survives malaria and leads his fleets ?
Koxinga invades Spanish Manila instead of Dutch Taiwan
WI the Qing do not hold Taiwan ?
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18th and 19th century
Plausibility check: European-colonised Taiwan
WI Britain seized Taiwan in Opium War I or II ?
Plausibility check: British Taiwan/Formosa
Challenge: France annexes Taiwan and the Pescadores in the Sino-French War
WI America purchases Taiwan from Qing China ?
US Taiwan (since the 19th century)
American trade interest in Taiwan
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20th century
Challenge: Independent Taiwan with a Nationalist Victory in the Chinese Civil War
Challenge: Make Taiwan stronger during the 20th century
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ASB / ISOT / Geological
Landlocked Nations, Navies, and Islands ISOT to Waterworld
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