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Makes sense. So, Japan should aggressively fortify Korea along the Yalu and also spend like crazy on its navy in order to protect Taiwan against any future Chinese invasion. When do you think that China will acquire the capacity to launch a serious invasion of Japanese-ruled Taiwan?

@raharris1973 1950 Manchuria was even more industrialized than 1930 Manchuria was, right? If so, could that make it an extremely tempting target for an extremely quick Japanese surprise attack? Though I'm not 100% sure that Japan can actually permanently hold it, though it would obviously be...

As they say, the first person that stops clapping in a Communist country disappears very quickly, unfortunately. :( Everything here makes sense, frankly. I just wonder if Mao kept lists of all of the Soviet officials whom Stalin has purged over the years.

What are the odds that Stalin would actually agree to an alliance with the PRC to expel the Japanese from Korea? And might Stalin be willing to listen to Mao about how the next 20 years are going to turn out? I also wonder if Stalin might view Mao as a potential rival and thus might want to off...