Alternative History
Chaoxiang Emperor
Emperor of all China
Chinesewarlord
Reign 1958-1996
Coronation 1958
Birth name Yuan Jiarong
Born 1904
Place of death Beijing. China
Successor Xinshidai Emperor
Consort Empress Yī Nuò
Dynasty Xīnhàn
Father Zhanhou Emperor
Mother Empress Xiù
Religious beliefs Taoism
Asashō Emperor
Emperor of all Japan
Reign 1958-1996
Coronation 1958
Predecessor Shōwa
Successor Akihito
Consort Empress Inuo
Dynasty Nyūhan
Father Zanhō
Mother Empress Xiù
Religious beliefs State Shinto
Cháoxiáng
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese 潮翔
Simplified Chinese 超祥
Japanese name
Kanji ja: アさしょう

The Cháoxiáng Emperor (1904—1996), also known by his secular name Yuan Jiarong (賈榮元) was the Emperor of all China, and Emperor of Japan as Asashō Emperor from 1958 to his death in 1996. He emerged as the most significant emperor of modern China of the Cold War, in which during his reign, China achieved territorial expansion, as well as solidified and expanded into a modern global power, that had it enter the Cold War as the third player. Additionally, China also became the first operator of WMDs during his reign.

He is the eldest son of the Zhanhou Emperor, and succeeded the Zhanhou Emperor after the latter's death in 1958 as the Emperor of all China. He succeeded his father at a time when events in China were boiling up to the Sino-Russian conflict, and he would this, be the emperor during the Sino-Russian conflict. Like most constitutional monarchs, the Chaoxiang Emperor vested his trust in qualified leaders and officers. During this time, Mongolia join China, and Korea was also classified as a political ally of China (under Russian military and economic support) and in the aftermath of the Sino-Russian conflict and the South China War, China gained the Primorsky Krai from Russia and Hong Kong from the British Empire, and the Imperial Chinese government unlike in the past, was able to force both the Russian and British Empire to make concessions to China.

In the timeframe after the Great China War, in 1964, China developed its first WMD, and from then on - never stopped advancing and progressing into a modern solified state. Many ex-KMT members also abandoned their allegiance to the Republic of China (now in exile) during his reign, and he ushered in the unification of the Chinese peoples. Afterwards, China again made its role known, by helping the Royal Vietnamese Army (or North Vietnam) against the forces of the Republic of Vietnam, although again, they were using Russian-supplied weapons, and established a satellite state in Cambodia.

Additionally, the fanhui, the "Great Return" of many wealthy and skilled Overseas Chinese had also occurred during his reign, to contribute to Chinese economic growth.

In spite of being praised, the Chaoxiang Emperor, a supporter of democratic and constitutional rights had repeatedly rebuked any praise, and put the credits to the state's elected and trusted generals and officers, making him one of the most respected emperors in China. He died in 1996, and was succeeded by his son, the Xinshidai Emperor.

By the time of his death, China had already replaced Russia as the superpower of the Eastern Hemisphere, and has absorbed Russia into its sphere of influence, after the Great Russian Detente of the late 1980s.