Republic of China (Blue Dragon)

So today what remains of the former Republic of China still resides on the island of Taiwan where they were exiled to when they lost the Chinese Civil War in 1949. So, what if that hadn’t happened? What if the Nationalist won the Chinese Civil War instead of losing? So, in this timeline, I will be covering the period from September 1945 just after World War 2 ended to present day when Nationalist China is a global military and economic superpower.

Chinese Civil War (1945 - 1948)
So we will begin on September 2nd 1945 when the Japanese surrender so they agree to formally hand back china the area captured by them during World War 2 as well as places like Manchuria and Taiwan that were taken from china prior to the start of the Second Sino Japanese War in 1937. The Japanese would start withdrawing from china and the Nationalist would be following behind them to take the areas that were occupied by the Nationalist. So, like in our timeline, the Soviets would occupy Manchuria and the northern part of Korea. The Soviets would withdraw from Manchuria in early 1946 when the Chinese Civil War resumed and as they did in our timeline, they would secretly agree to hand over Manchuria to the Chinese Liberation Army. The Soviets would withdraw the last of their troops from Manchuria on May 3rd,1946 however the soviets would continue to occupy Dalian in southern Manchuria.

The timeline starts diverging from our own once the Chinese Civil War resumes in March 1946 when the Soviets hand over control of Manchuria to the communist. In this timeline, the United States would offer the Nationalist much more support than they did in our timeline just short of direct military intervention. This would include more supplies and military advisors been sent to China to advise the Nationalist and help them win the war. With the increased amount of supplies that Nationalist have they would be able to defeat the communist by January 1948 by pushing them all the way back to the Soviet border and what’s left of the communist forces would retreat into the outer Manchuria region of the Soviet Union where they would continue to launch guerrilla attacks on the Nationalist with support from the Soviets for some years to come however by January 1948 the war would pretty much be over. However, the Chinese Communist would still launch insurgent attacks on the Nationalist from across the border in Outer Manchuria and across China for years to come.

Communist Purges (1948 - 1950)
After they defeat the communist, they would then focus on removing all traces and influence of the communist in China by declaring marshal law which would stay in effect until 1976. This would be done through executions of suspected Communist and those who opposed the KMT, shutting down of company and businesses which suspected links to the Communist and stuff like this. Basically, a massive purge like what happened in South Korea in our timeline with the Bodo League massacre and with the White Terror in Taiwan. They would also focus on defeating and conquering and integrating the warlords since large parts of China would still be controlled by the warlords. They would also start fortifying their border with the Soviet Union and North Korea. I predict that the Nationalist would have all the warlords defeated by the mid-50s.