Sino-Japanese Alliance



China and Japan, enemies since almost the dawn of time. The two quarelled from Medieval times to the Qing and Meiji, to world war 2, to the cold war where Japan served as a spearhead into Asia. But what if the two had been closer friends? In this timeline we explore an alliance between Nationalist China and Meiji Japan in 1920 against Western Imperialists and encroaching communists. This sees China, Japan, and Thailand forming an "Eastern Axis" of the Axis Powers that actually has a stalemate with the allies. This also sees the Greater Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere survive into the present day as an EU like alliance. This would also see a stronger more unified Asia as well as a Nationalist China containing most of the former Qing Dynasty. In this timeline, Chiang Kai-shek would act similarly to Mao Zedong during his reign and would be replaced by a reformer who would turn China into a quazi-democracy.

Point of Divergence
The Point of Divergence begins when Chiang Kai-shek, influenced by fellow party member Wang Jingwei, decides to visit Japan on an alliance against the Soviet Union, Chinese Communists, and Mongolia. This would lead to the Treaty of Formosa which would create an independent Republic of Formosa with both Japanese and Chinese sectors of influences as well as a joint Sino-Japanese Guarantee of Korean independence as well as Japan and China joining the Anti-Comintern Pact.

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