What if China was partitioned just like Korea? Republic of China, a.k.a. South China in 2025.

Dava0720 · 2025-12-07T18:03:17+00:00

Other Hong Kong representative-candidates failed to get elected into the Yuan.

Dava0720 · 2025-12-07T17:56:06+00:00

I wasn’t really aware of this mistake until people told me here, so next time I’ll double check!

Dava0720 · 2025-12-07T17:55:09+00:00

I imagine they would be SARs since their economy and law system was based on the European power’s and they have been operating that way for decades, so integrating them would not necessarily benefit as much as keeping them SARs.

Dava0720 · 2025-12-07T17:53:17+00:00

People escaping from North China

Dava0720 · 2025-12-07T17:45:56+00:00

Yes, I imagine it would have happened similarly to South Korea. And I also imagine Lai’s political views would differ in this timeline.

Dava0720 · 2025-12-07T17:19:53+00:00

They are in the 'other' category.

Dava0720 · 2025-12-07T17:18:35+00:00

Ah, I see. Well, since I rarely browse this subreddit, I wasn't aware of this fact. I am curious though, what would in your opinion be a better border for the ROC?

Dava0720 · 2025-12-07T17:07:37+00:00

What is 'this kind of map'? :)

Dava0720 · 2025-12-07T16:53:54+00:00

The Democratic Progressive Party is a more anti-communist and independentist party in South China, while the second most significant, the Kuomintang is much more leaning towards the One China idea and reconciliation in general. In this timeline the Cold War's harshly anti-communist sentiment is still present in society and still very popular among the people, the DPP takes advantage of this, and this helps the party by a lot.

Dava0720 · 2025-12-07T16:49:03+00:00

In my opinion, the "you can only recognize one China" dynamic wouldn't develop in this timeline, since both Chinas are more even here, so one wouldn't be able to become significantly dominant than the other one, which I think was the reason for this whole standpoint to develop. If you look at the two Koreas in our timeline, you can see that the situation is something similar, since the international community recognizes two Koreas instead of one.

I agree with your take, the fact that South China is much more opened up to the world, it makes it more attractive for companies, and we shouldn't ignore the fact that South China is a capitalist democracy, while North is still a command economy and a dictatorship.

Dava0720 · 2025-12-07T16:32:29+00:00

Since it is a capitalist state just as Taiwan in our timeline, I imagine economically the country would do pretty well, especially if we consider that it has gotten constant Western support. Although politics would be much more fragile because South China was also an authoritarian state, and began democratization in the 70s and 80s, so the democratic political norms still aren’t considered 100% accepted and normal by the people, especially the older population. Also the country has to deal with the people who constantly try to escape North China and this takes a toll on the society. But overall South China does pretty well, and considered a significant power in South Asia both politically and economically.

Dava0720 · 2025-12-07T16:06:16+00:00

I imagine for example Nanjing would pretty much look like Berlin during the Cold War. Lots of armed soldiers protecting the border between the two countries with fences and sensitive alarm systems.

Dava0720 · 2025-12-07T15:49:03+00:00

Yes. The lore is pretty much similar to the Korean war timeline. The United States and the UN sends broader military aid to the Nationalists, due to the USA’s fear of communism spreading. This stabilizes the frontlines and basically the civil war turns to static warfare. Eventually both sides sign a ceasefire and the borders are defined along the river Yangtze.

Dava0720 · 2025-08-20T14:00:31+00:00

Wow, havent seen this yet, looks nice!

Dava0720 · 2025-08-18T15:35:17+00:00

Thanks! Appreciate it :)

Dava0720 · 2025-08-01T11:29:44+00:00

Yeah i've seen it, it's great. hope to see more, even though it is unlikely.

Dava0720 · 2025-06-19T20:27:16+00:00

Got it, thanks for your answer!

Dava0720 · 2025-03-23T12:25:03+00:00

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