Talk:Chinese Civil War (Napoleon's World)

Context within Canon
It doesn't make a whole lot of sense for the war to occur at this time. While the start of the war doesn't seem too problematic, China is not engaged in a civil war by the time the Pacific War occurs - in fact, they are able to raise and generate a powerful army by then. There is already within the canon a time in which a civil war does occur in China (see: Socialism (Napoleon's World), although this can be subjected to change.

A more appropriate time for this war would likely be several years prior. The Chinese fight the Japanese in the Yellow Sea War in 1904-05 (See: List of Wars (Napoleon's World) and win. This suggests that the Chinese Empire began modernizing much earlier than in OTL, which had always been the idea (since they are wary of French influence and align with the English). A civil war from, say, 1907 to 1917 or '18 makes a lot more sense, if, for example, the Chinese victory in the Yellow Sea War and the subsequent liberation of their vassal Korea from Japanese occupation led to an unexpected rift among leaders in the Chinese government. Zaifeng Chun, who appears to be the natural victor from the Chinese conflict (perhaps waging war against the Empress Dowager Cixi and her allies?) would likely need an ally to help stave off the perceived "foreign threat" of Europeans and Americans with China in her weakened state after the civil war and aligned himself with the Japanese to rebuild in the wake of the civil war? That makes much more sense within the established context of the TL's canon.

KingSweden 01:41, February 18, 2011 (UTC)