People in China knew the Qing dynasty was under threat too. The Civil War period had done much harm and China’s defeat by Japan in the Sino-Japanese War of 1895 was a further shock. To China ...

tracing back to the Chinese Civil War and the fall of the Qing Dynasty. He highlights the symbolic and strategic significance of the 2027-2031 window for potential conflict, noting China's ...

After several centuries of relative Taiwanese autonomy, if uncertain sovereign status vis-à-vis China (a subject of continuing debate between China, Taiwan, and international scholars), Japan acquired ...