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    What if the Japanese territorial spoils from the 1894 Sino-Japanese War were limited to Korea?

    Far, far less likely - much more dangerous. Indonesia is the more proximate and more valuable prize, and Netherlands is weaker than France, but you're just so close to stomp around British Imperial toes. Patronizing Indonesian independence activists in a slow-burn strategy, I could buy that.
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    What if the Japanese territorial spoils from the 1894 Sino-Japanese War were limited to Korea?

    It's all still connected by water and straight lines, the southern Ryukyu aren't that far. But sure, they don't have every possible stepping stone.
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    What if the Japanese territorial spoils from the 1894 Sino-Japanese War were limited to Korea?

    Japan never took Taiwan from China in this scenario
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    What if the Japanese territorial spoils from the 1894 Sino-Japanese War were limited to Korea?

    About 1-in-6. It exists as an opportunity Japan can exploit as a calculated risk. But it is by no means a national imperative or something there will be an irrepressible domestic, or strategic demand for.
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    What if the Japanese territorial spoils from the 1894 Sino-Japanese War were limited to Korea?

    But you mentioned it in two other threads the same day. Admit it, you want it. And that's OK. It looks good on a map like a big, long string. :) But, to answer your question directly, respectfully: Sure there is, if the Sino-Japanese War ends earlier, without the trauma of a Triple...
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    What if the Japanese territorial spoils from the 1894 Sino-Japanese War were limited to Korea?

    What do y’all see happening with China over the next decade here?
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    What if the Japanese territorial spoils from the 1894 Sino-Japanese War were limited to Korea?

    somebody really wants a Japanese Philippines!
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    What if the Japanese territorial spoils from the 1894 Sino-Japanese War were limited to Korea?

    What if the Japanese territorial spoils from the 1894 Sino-Japanese War were limited to Korea, with no territory taken from China in the settlement? I think to achieve this result, the Chinese are going to have to sue for peace and agree to talk flexibly about peace terms much earlier, in 1894...
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