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- Western New York
Suppose that the Nationalists, by some stroke of luck and skill, are able to fend off the Communist assault on Hainan. Then Korea happens and the US becomes more active in the region again.
What effects will having a second Nationalist stronghold off the coast have on China and East Asia in general?
One might be tempted to say 'not much' but a difference that doesn't make a difference isn't very interesting.
Will ROC Hainan tip the scales and convince America to let the ROC get more actively involved in Vietnam? (Very unlikely but interesting idea - Hainan is the staging area for an American invasion of North Vietnam in the mid 1960s)
Does this prompt China to ramp up its naval expansion a little earlier in the 1990s? What do you, the readers at home, think?
What effects will having a second Nationalist stronghold off the coast have on China and East Asia in general?
One might be tempted to say 'not much' but a difference that doesn't make a difference isn't very interesting.
Will ROC Hainan tip the scales and convince America to let the ROC get more actively involved in Vietnam? (Very unlikely but interesting idea - Hainan is the staging area for an American invasion of North Vietnam in the mid 1960s)
Does this prompt China to ramp up its naval expansion a little earlier in the 1990s? What do you, the readers at home, think?