中华民国

中华民国

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首都：

Nanjing

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政府类型：

Non-Aligned, Despotic

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阵营：

Neutral

中华民国 is a regional power located in East Asia. Though it isn't one of the seven majors, it always ends up as a Major Power due to it leading the Chinese United Front. It borders 日本 and its puppet states of 蒙古国 and 满洲国 to the north, 西藏 to the west and 英属印度 to the south west. China may also border the 联合王国, 葡萄牙 and 法国 due to their colonial holdings after reclaiming its core territories. Due to China being fragmented by the warlord era, much of its core territory is owned by warlord cliques with the 滇系 Clique and the 桂系 in the south, the 新疆 Clique to the far north west and the 西北三马 Clique and 晋系 Clique to the north. It also borders 中共 in the north and both nations engage in events revolving around the ongoing Chinese civil war.

The nation is fractured from civil wars and political strife, making it seemingly weak and easy prey for the Japanese. However, with the second-highest base population – 340.4 million – (which will increase to an even higher level once China is united) and a great deal of room to grow an industrial juggernaut, China can buy time and put it to good use. If they can overcome their fractiousness and stand together, China can turn Japan's attack into a dangerous meat grinder to sap Japan's manpower and turn themselves into a power on par with the other world majors.

Historical background

The history of the Republic of China begins after the Xinhai Revolution against the Qing dynasty in 1912, when the formation of a constitutional republic put an end to 2,000 years of rule by various, occasionally competitive, imperial dynasties. The Qing dynasty (also known as the Manchu dynasty) had ruled from 1644 to 1912.

The republic experienced many trials and tribulations after its founding and is fractured by both internal and external elements. The central government was unable to assert full control over the country, resulting in the frontier regions of Uriankhai ( 唐努图瓦), 蒙古 and 西藏 breaking away and becoming de facto independent, and the provinces controlled by often disobedient warlord generals. Worse still, the Western powers and Japan continued to maintain their "spheres of influence" carved out during the Qing dynasty to force trade and exploitation.

In 1928, the republic was nominally unified by Chiang Kai-Shek under the "Kuomintang" (KMT) – also known as Chinese Nationalist Party – after the Northern Expedition, and embarked on a program of industrialization and modernization. However, the republic remained rife with conflicts as the Nationalist government struggled to keep the warlords in check (represented in-game by the presence of autonomous warlord cliques of 晋系, 滇系, 桂系, 西北三马 and 新疆), while fighting a civil war with the nascent 中共.

On September 18, 1931, the Kwantung Army of 日本 staged a false flag operation as a pretext to invade northeastern China in what became known as the Mukden Incident, leading to the swift occupation of northeastern China and the subsequent creation of the puppet state of 满洲国 in 1932. A period of relative peace ensued for the next few years, until it was broken by 日本 with a full-scale invasion in 1937 after the Marco Polo Bridge Incident. Nationalist and Communist China set aside hostilities and formed the Second United Front against Japan. The Second Sino-Japanese War lasted until 1945 with the unconditional surrender of 日本, following the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the Soviet invasion of 满洲国. The Chinese Civil War, however, would reignite almost immediately thereafter, with major hostilities lasting from 1946 until 1950, after Communist forces had taken control of mainland China and the Republic of China had retreated to Taiwan. To this day, although combat has ceased, a peace treaty has never been signed, and the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China both claim to be the only legitimate government of all China.

Events

主条目：Chinese events

National focus

Chinese national focus tree.

主条目：Chinese national focus tree

中华民国 gets a unique national focus tree in the Waking the Tiger expansion. Without the expansion, China utilizes the Generic national focus tree instead.

Chinese minors that destroy or displace the Chinese national government and declare themselves the legitimate government will adopt this national focus tree. Players of Chinese minors should review their own focus tree and that of Nationalist or Communist China when planning their game.

Technology

China starts with only Great War era technology and with only 2 research slots. It can gain three further slots from its national focuses: “Expand the Academica Sinica”, “Chemical Research Institute”, and “Rural Schooling". While the first extra research slot is easily obtainable, the remaining two require considerable effort to unlock, especially the one from “Rural Schooling”, which requires at least 8 focuses (and potentially more, since most of those focuses will increase inflation which can only be reduced by completing other focuses).

Army Technology	Naval Technology	Air Technology	Electronics & Industry
Type 88 Basic Infantry Eq. Great War Tank Towed Anti-Air I	Early Destroyer Hull Early Cruiser Hull Basic Torpedo Naval Gunnery Casemate Secondary Battery Contact Mine	Liuchow Kwangsi Type 3 Interwar Fighter CAMCO Type 16 Interwar Bomber	None
Doctrines
Mass Assault	Fleet in Being	None

Politics

China in 1936 is a fractured and weakened nation, plagued by intra-KMT struggles, warlordism and an ever-present threat of a communist takeover. Aside from Nationalist China itself, several Chinese warlords (specifically 滇系, the 桂系, 晋系, 西北三马 and 新疆) also control parts of China, dividing up the country into several smaller mutually hostile factions. China starts in an uneasy truce with 中共, while 日本 is to its north preparing for war and is likely to invade by mid-1937. Another diplomatic problem China has is one of its national spirits, "Communist Uprisings", which, if communist support rises high enough, will cause a random state to switch over to Communist China's control. This is a highly deleterious national spirit as the loss of a state means loss of resources, factories and manpower among other crippling penalties.

With the Waking the Tiger expansion, China no longer starts with "Communist Uprisings"; instead it has to contend with the Chinese Power Struggle mechanic, in which the communists and the warlords are able to use  political power to contest leadership over China after completing certain national focuses. Communist China is also able to infiltrate and stage uprisings in Chinese states and seize control of them. In addition, China begins with additional, crippling National Spirits that severely reduce its overall combat effectiveness across the board. These require time-consuming military and bureaucratic reform, through both National Focuses and Decisions, to remove.

National spirits

China starts with two national spirits in the base game:

Communist Uprisings

The tensions between communists and nationalists are present in all corners of the country. If communist support in the country goes too high, the communists will take control of a state.

German Military Advisors

• Land Doctrine Research Speed: +10%

A German military mission led by Alexander von Falkenhausen is present in China, and its advisors are assisting us in bringing our army up to Western standards.

With the Waking the Tiger expansion enabled, China starts without Communist Uprisings but retains German Military Advisors. In addition, it also starts with the following:

Nine Power Treaty

We still labor under the effects of the Unequal Treaties that formalize the "Open Door Policy" towards China. The foreigners still have extraterritorial rights, and we are not in full control of our economy.

Army Corruption

• Mobilization speed: -30.00%
• Division Attack: -50.0%
• Division Defense: -50.0%

Our armed force are rife with corruption and nepotism. If we want to turn them into a potent fighting force, we will have to engage in a lengthy and expensive program of army reform.

Ineffective Bureaucracy

• Recruitable Population Factor: −35%

The chaos of the civil war has disrupted the creation of an effective state apparatus. More than a third of available recruits are not drafted, simply because no one knows they exist. Reforming the examination process will ensure that we hire competent people.

Incompetent Officers

• Daily Command Power Gain Multiplier: -70%

Our officers are not yet up to the task of managing a modern war. Hard lessons will have to be learned before they are truly equal to their counterparts in other nations. Educating them will be part of a bigger program of army reform.

Low Inflation

• Consumer Goods Factories: 5%
• Factory Output: −5.00%

Our economists have noticed a slight increase in inflation. We should keep an eye on that.

Ruling party

China starts off as a non-aligned nation, but pursuing its national Focus tree far enough will eventually cause a gradual shift towards democracy.

Kuomintang (Non-Aligned)

Despotism is a form of government in which a single person rules with absolute power.

Traits

• Can’t impose its ideology on other countries
• Can’t puppet countries in a peace conference
• Ideology drift defense: -30%

World tension limits

• Generate war goal : 50%
• Join faction: 40%
• Lend-lease: 40%
• Send volunteers: 40%
• Guarantee: 40%

Political parties

Political Party	Ideology	Popularity	Party Leader	Is Ruling?	Nation Name
Kuomintang	Non-Aligned	100%	Chiang Kai-Shek	Yes	China
China Democratic League	Democratic	0%	Weng Wenhao	No	Republic of China
Communist Party of China	Communist	0%	Zhang Guotao	No	Chinese People's Republic
Blue Shirt Society	Fascist	0%	Wang Jingwei	No	Reorganized Nationalist China

Staff and designers

These are choices of advisors and design companies for China.

Political Advisors

Advisor	Type	Effect	Cost ()
Chiang Ching-Kuo	Silent Workhorse	Political Power Gain: +15%	150
H. H. Kung	Captain of Industry	Infrastructure construction speed: +10.00% Civilian Factory construction speed: +10.00% Refinery construction speed: +10.00%	150
Chen Yi	Compassionate Gentleman	Improve relations opinion: +15.00%	150
Kwong Jiang	Democratic Reformer	Daily Democracy Support: +0.10 Has completed focus Legislative Yuan Is not Supervised State	150
Dai Li	Illusive Gentleman	Operative slots: +1 Agency upgrade time: -15.0% Has created an Intelligence Agency Has completed focus Bureau of Investigation And Statistics	150
Liang Jin	Prince of Terror	Non-core Manpower: +2.00% Foreign subversive activities efficiency: -30% Damage to Garrisons: -25.00% Has completed focus Bureau of Investigation And Statistics	150
Lin Sen	Popular Figurehead	Stability: +15.00%	150
Chen Guofu	Backroom Backstabber	Political Power Gain: +5% Ideology drift defense: +15.0%	150
Soong Mei-Ling	First Lady of the Republic	Stability: +5.00% War Support: +5.00% Requires Chiang Kai-Shek as current country leader	150
T.V. Soong	Financial Expert	Consumer Goods Factories: -5% Has completed focus Financial Policy	150

Tank Designers

Designer	Type	Effect	Cost ()
Sino-German Technical Mission	Heavy Tank Designer	Armor Research Speed: +15% Armor: Armor: +5% Hard attack: +5% One of the following must be true: Has completed focus Chinese Panzers Has national spirit German Military Advisors At peace with 德意志国	150
Morozov Design Bureau	Mobile Tank Designer	Armor Research Speed: +15% Armor: Max Speed: +5% Reliability: +10% Has completed focus Hire Soviet Designer At peace with 苏维埃联盟	150

Ship Designers

Designer	Type	Effect	Cost ()
Jiangnan Shipyard Group	Coastal Defense Fleet Designer	Naval Research Speed: +15% Carrier: Production Cost: -25.00% Deck size: -20% Max Range: -50% Capital Ship: Production Cost: -25.00% Armor: -20% Heavy Attack: -20% Max Range: -50% Screen: Production Cost: -25.00% Max Range: -50% Submarine: Production Cost: -25.00% Max Range: -50% Controls Shanghai	150
Dagu Shipyard	Raiding Fleet Designer	Naval Research Speed: +15% Carrier: Surface Visibility: -10.0% Max Speed: +10% Deck size: -10% Capital Ship: Surface Visibility: -10.0% Max Speed: +10% Heavy Attack: -10% Screen: Surface Visibility: -10.0% Max Speed: +10% Submarine: Sub Visibility: -10.0% Surface Visibility: -10.0% Max Speed: +10% Controls Beijing	150

Aircraft Designers

Designer	Type	Effect	Cost ()
CAMCO	Medium Aircraft Designer	Air Research Speed: +15% Heavy Fighter: Reliability: +20% Tactical Bomber: Reliability: +20% Has completed focus CAMCO	150
CAMCO - Fighter Division	Medium Aircraft Designer	Air Research Speed: +15% Fighter: Agility: +5% Air Attack: +10% Heavy Fighter: Reliability: +20% Tactical Bomber: Reliability: +20% Has completed focus Local Fighter Production	50
CAMCO - Bomber Division	Medium Aircraft Designer	Air Research Speed: +15% Fighter: Agility: +5% Air Attack: +10% Tactical Bomber: Range: +10% Ground Attack: +10% Close Air Support: Range: +10% Ground Attack: +10% Heavy Fighter: Reliability: +20% Tactical Bomber: Reliability: +20% Has completed focus Local Bomber Production	50

Materiel Designers

Designer	Type	Effect	Cost ()
Taiyuan Arsenal	Artillery Designer	Artillery Research Speed: +15% Controls Shanxi	150
Liaoning Arsenal	Motorized Equipment Designer	Motorization Research Speed: +15% Controls Liaoning	150
Hanyan Arsenal	Infantry Equipment Designer	Weapons and Equipment Research Speed: +15% Controls Hubei	150
Mukden Arsenal	Infantry Equipment Designer	Weapons and Equipment Research Speed: +15% Controls Liaotung	150

Industrial Concerns

Concern	Type	Effect	Cost ()
Mining Commission		Resource Gain Efficiency: +10.00% Has completed focus Mining Commission	0
Anshan Steel Works	Industrial Concern	Industrial Research Speed: +15% Controls Liaotung	150
Western Refinery	Refining Concern	Industrial Research Speed: +10% Synthetic Resources Research Speed: +15% Controls Liaotung	150
Sino-Soviet Resource Survey	Refining Concern	Industrial Research Speed: +10% Synthetic Resources Research Speed: +15% Controls Urumqi At peace with 苏维埃联盟	150
Shanghai Electronics	Electronics Concern	Electronics Research Speed: +15% Controls Shanghai	150

Theorists

Theorist	Type	Effect	Cost ()
Bo Yibo	Military Theorist	Army Experience Gain: +0.05 daily Land Doctrine Research Speed: +10%	150
Fang Zeyi	Air Warfare Theorist	Air Experience Gain: +0.05 daily Air Doctrine Research Speed: +10%	150
Huang Shen	Naval Theorist	Naval Experience Gain: +0.05 daily Naval Doctrine Research Speed: +10%	150
Claire Lee Chennault	Air Warfare Theorist	Air Experience Gain: +0.05 daily Air Doctrine Research Speed: +10% Has completed focus Hire Chennault Does not have Claire Lee Chennault as Chief of Airforce At peace with 美利坚合众国	75

Economy

Laws

征兵法案	经济法案	贸易法案
志愿兵役制 1.5% 适役人口	民用经济 35% 生活消费品工厂 –30% 军用工厂建造速度 –30% 民用工厂建造速度 +30% 军转民消耗 +30% 民转军消耗 -40% 石油转换燃油效率 -25% 燃油容量	自由贸易 80% 可出口资源 +10% 科研速度 +15% 工厂/海军船坞产出 +15% 建造速度 +40% 泄露给他国的民政情报 +20% 泄露给他国的海军情报

Industry and resources

Resources

	Type	No.
	Aluminum	0
	Chromium	0
	Oil	2
	Rubber	0
	Steel	35
	Tungsten	9

Industry

	Type	No.
	Civilian factory	20
	Military factory	11
	Naval dockyard	1

Industry

China starts off with a modest industrial base that can be grown to an impressive size once it unites with the warlords.

Resources

China starts with a very low amount of natural resources; however, more is within easy reach as subjugating the 桂系 will allow China to significantly increase its resource pool.

As a result of the national spirit Nine Power Treaty, China is restricted to  Free Trade, causing both units of oil, 7 units of tungsten and 28 units of steel to be exported.

Military

In 1936, China starts with a sizable but under-equipped army, and is supplemented with a small navy and air force. Overall, it has a total  manpower of 3.06M, of which 276.00K is tied up in the army, 11.90K in the navy and 2.60K in the air force, leaving 2.78M available for recruitment.

Army

	Type	No.
	Infantry	52
	Cavalry	5
	Total divisions	57

Navy

	Type	No.
	Destroyer	2
	Light cruiser	7
	Total ships	9

Air force

	Type	No.
	Fighter	100
	Tactical bomber	15
	Total planes	115

Army

The army in 1936 starts with 52 infantry divisions, with 28 of them made up of 4 infantry battalions and 24 of them made up of 6 infantry battalions, and 5 cavalry divisions each of 4 battalions.

Examples of alternative division template names for the National Revolutionary Army include:

• Garrison Units - Jingbei
• Provincial Division - Zhengshi Shi
• Cavalry Division - Qibing Shi
• Reorganized Division - Zheng Bian Shi
• Mountain Division(German Trained) - De Xie Shi
• Mechanized Division - Motuo Hua Bubing Shi

Navy

The navy in 1936 starts with 1 Ninghai-class light cruiser, 1 Haiqi-class coastal defense ship, 5 Hairong-class coastal defense ships and 2 Jianwei-class destroyers docked in Shanghai. Another Ninghai-class light cruiser, the Pinghai, is under construction at game start.

Air force

The air force in 1936 starts with 30 interwar fighters stationed in Beijing, and 70 interwar fighters and 15 interwar bombers stationed in Shanghai.

Military staff

Chief of Army

Name	Type	Effect	Cost ()
Zhu De	Army Offense (Expert)	Division Attack: +10.0%	150
Chen Jitang	Army Organization (Expert)	Division Organization: +8.0%	150
Li Zongren	Army Defense (Genius)	Division Defense: +15.0%	150
He Yingqin	Army Maneuver (Expert)	Divisions speed: +10.00%	150
Alexander von Falkenhausen	Army Offense (Expert)	Division Attack: +10.0% Has completed focus Give Falkenhausen Citizenship Von Falkenhausen is not recalled	150

Chief of Navy

Name	Type	Effect	Cost ()
Xiao Jinguang	Commerce Raiding (Expert)	Convoy Raiding Efficiency: +15.00%	150
Bai Chongxi	Naval Reformer (Expert)	Naval Experience Gain: +10.0%	150
Chen Shaokuan	Decisive Battle (Expert)	Capital Ship Attack: +10.00% Capital Ship Armor: +10.00% Screen Attack: +10.00% Screen Defense: +10.00%	150

Chief of Airforce

Name	Type	Effect	Cost ()
Wang Shu-ming	Ground Support (Expert)	Air Superiority: +10.00%	150
Zhou Zhirou	Old Guard	Political Power Gain: +10% Air Experience Gain: -10.0%	150
Claire Lee Chennault	Ground Support (Expert)	Air Superiority: +10.00% Requires focus Hire Chennault Does not have Claire Lee Chennault as Theorist At peace with 美利坚合众国	75

Military High Command

Name	Type	Effect	Cost ()
Gao Zhihang	Air Superiority (Genius)	Air superiority attack: +5.00% Air superiority defense: +5.00% Air superiority agility: +5.00%	150
Xiao Yisu	Infantry (Expert)	Infantry Division Attack: +10.0% Infantry Division Defense: +15.0%	150
Chen Cheng	Army Regrouping (Expert)	Division Recovery Rate: +8.0%	150
Yu Hanmou	Army Logistics (Expert)	Division Attrition: -8.0%	150

Strategies and guides

China starts off right in the middle of the Century of Humiliation and is still laboring and suffering from its effects, with corruption and incompetence hampering its governmental, military and industrial performance. In addition to that, China is also threatened by 日本 and will most likely only have around a year to prepare before war breaks out.

Thus, China will have to focus heavily on industrial build-up in order to allow it to properly equip and outfit its military to defend against Japan. Taking "Unified Industrial Planning" first is arguably the best choice for national Focuses, since "Expand the Academica Sinica" is available immediately after, which unlocks an additional research slot, allowing you to put more effort into both Industrial and Electrical research. The National Focus "Invite Foreign Investors" grants two civilian factories (which cannot get damaged) and if you can conquer the 晋系 clique, the "Taiyuan Arsenal" and "Develop the Hanyan Arsenal" will grant additional military factories..

A look at the army

China also suffers from the Nation Spirit "Army Corruption", applies an immense -50% penalty to all division attack and defense, making China's military very ineffective in combat. This makes China's military so weak in fact, that when taking into account Japan's division templates this means that a force of comparable Chinese units might still lose a battle even when outnumbering the Japanese. You are essentially sending your men into a fight they are not likely to win and the only military strategy that China is capable of pulling off at this stage, given its incompetent leadership, is sending in its disorganized units en masse and relying on its massive army to win the day. Significant casualties are to be expected for your soldiers and it may very well be that China's rivers will have to run red with the blood of their sacrifice if China is to have any hope of an independent future.

But there is, however, hope. Even though China's units cannot match Japan's in battle, it is possible to compensate for that by bringing in a bigger stick to the fight. That bigger stick is Artillery; Artillery is quite affordable for China and grants a significant increase to both Divison Soft Attack and Hard Attack. If you place enough Artillery in a single division, you can actually increase its firepower to the point where, even with the penalty, you are able to hold your own against Japan through raw numbers alone. As such, mass-producing and equipping your units with Line Artillery can give your army units the necessary bite to allow them to more easily compete with Japanese units until the Army Corruption national spirit can be removed. In addition to regular Artillery, adding in Anti-Tank and Anti-Air artillery can also be very helpful for dealing with Japanese Tanks, Trucks and Planes, evening the odds in battle.

Additional Tips

• For early division changes:
  • The Sanjiao Jun infantry can be expanded to 7 infantry battalions right away. From here, it can branch in two directions (or some of each):
    • 8 Infantry, 1 Artillery, 1 Anti-Air, 1 Anti-Tank can counter tier 2 light tanks, and help with the swarms of planes Japan will bring while also having the firepower to oppose enemy Infantry.
    • The standard 7 Infantry, 2 Artillery packs significant Soft Attack against enemy infantry and also has a fair degree of Hard Attack for dealing with Tanks and Trucks, making it a good workhorse for general use.
  • The Juntuán garrison infantry can be expanded to 5 infantry battalions, for an even 10 combat width.
  • The Qibing Jun cavalry can be duplicated:
    • The original Qibing Jun can then be expanded to 5 cavalry battalions, for an even 10 combat width. They can be given support artillery later.
    • The duplicate can be named Xiàn Bīng (Military Police) and left at the default 4 battalions for use later with an MP support company to root out resistance. Highlight the name and copy+paste it into the game to make life easier.
  • It can be tempting to research mountaineers, but considering China's small number of research slots, and the limited number of battalions for special forces available, it results in a very small payoff.
  • When using the Mass Assault Doctrine, the -0.4 combat width for infantry will allow considerable additions later in the game.
    • Alternatively, if one wishes to rely heavily on Artillry, one could also switch over to the Superior Firepower Doctrine, to maximize the firepower of Artillery.

"Military Affairs Commission" should be taken early on to start down on the path to removing Army Corruption.

Defense of the Coastlines

Guard China's coast closely! If enough firepower is provided and effort is given, China is capable of holding off a Japanese attack from Manchuria but Japan has an Ace in the hole to undermine that and achieve victory. That Ace in the hole is Naval invasions; if China manages to significantly slow down or even halt the Japanese advance into China from Manchuria, Japan is very likely to attempt to launch a naval invasion to open up a second front and overwhelm China by overextending its weak military.

To prevent this from happening, make sure to station at least 3-4 garrison divisions (again, with Artillery to even the odds) at every port on China's coast to prevent Japan from gaining a foothold to open up a second front. You should also have a handful of "reserve garrison" units at the ready to reinforce any port that is under attack. If Japan attacks a port and the battle is not going well, move the reserve units in to assist the garrison units in holding off the attack. If Japan manages to defeat the garrison and capture a port then unless you manage to retake it quickly enough, this can potentially spell disaster as while China is capable of holding off Japan on one front, a second front will very likely be too much for China's weakened military to handle as they will likely no be able to field enough units quickly enough to mount a workable defense.

Stability

China's low starting stability reduces  political power gain as well as factory output, which are both very important for China in the coming years. Being at war with less than 50% stability can also cause negative events to occur. Therefore, increasing China's stability is a top priority. Fortunately, this is one of the easier problems to solve, with several options at China's disposal:

• The Three Principles of the People focus branch contains several bonuses to stability.
• Lin Sen and Soong Mei-Ling can be appointed as political advisers for extra stability.
• The Improved Worker Conditions decision is a good way to gain some extra stability.

Army corruption

The biggest barrier to winning the war against Japan, this national spirit applies a nasty -50% penalty to all division attack and defense. The "Army Reform" national focus will grant access to decisions to reduce and eventually remove the national spirit altogether but this requires a large amount of Army XP, which is difficult to acquire when not at war. Historical Japan will trigger the Marco Polo Bridge Incident as its 8th focus, so China should make sure this focus is completed by then or at least soon after.

At significant political power cost, a decent amount of army experience can be gained by sending an attache to one of the sides of the Spanish Civil war. This may speed up the process of getting rid of army corruption.

Technology

China starts with just two research slots and few researched technologies. Expand the Academia Sinica is a good early focus for the extra research slot, but additional research slots will take longer. Early research should focus on industry and infantry, as China starts with a huge surplus of manpower but an underdeveloped industry.

Resources

The Nine Power Treaty prevents China from switching away from the  Free Trade law, which will generally result in many civilian factories being traded away for China's  steel needs. Removing the Treaty requires progressing through one of the diplomatic focus branches. The German or Soviet branches are the fastest way to accomplish this, with a total of 7 focuses being required. Note that these two paths typically require improved relations with the chosen nation over that provided by focuses, as well as the Motorized tech which may take more than the length of two focuses to research.

Removing the Nine Powers treaty may not be an urgent concern however. If one is able to conquer the 桂系, its plentiful resources will allow China to more easily satisfy its own resource needs and can make it more valuable to export these for a large number of civilian factories which one can turn around and use to import what one needs over land such as from the USSR. This can be used to massively supplement your own factories. In addition, the research and production boosts make free trade a very valuable law as long as you are exporting as much as you are importing.

Inflation

China starts with Low Inflation, a deleterious national spirit that reduces factory output and the number of civilian factories available for construction, and its effects will progressively worsen if any national focus that increases inflation is completed:

Moderate Inflation

• Consumer Goods Factories: 10%
• Factory Output: −10%

Inflation has started to affect the economy significantly. We should consider counter-measures before things get out of hand.

Heavy Inflation

• Consumer Goods Factories: 15%
• Factory Output: −15%

Government-issued money is worth less and less, purchasing power is dropping and some goods are only available to people with the right connections.

Hyper Inflation

• Consumer Goods Factories: 20%
• Factory Output: −20%

The value of our currency is evaporating. Prices rise dramatically from day to day. We must very urgently take counter-measures before we suffer a complete collapse.

Economic Collapse

• Consumer Goods Factories: 25%
• Factory Output: −25%

Our system of currency has completely collapsed. In large parts of the country, trade has reverted to a barter system. Poverty is widespread. Our employees use the paper money we pay them with to heat their homes. An aggressive program of financial and economic reform is needed to resolve the situation.

If China reaches a state of Economic Collapse, any remaining focuses that increase inflation will be locked. To remove its effects, focuses that reduce inflation must be completed. In fact, it is prudent to alternate between focuses that increase inflation and focuses that reduce inflation so as to mitigate the negative effects of inflation. However, since there are only a limited number of focuses that reduce inflation, it is important to complete the focus Forced Loans, which will unlock a decision, re-enactable once every 90 days, that reduces inflation by one level at the cost of 100 Political Power, -3% Stability and -3% War Support.

A choice must be made about whether or not to go down the welfare national focus tree. This will increase one's war support but will also raise inflation. Increasing one's war support may also be done rather cheaply through propaganda without increasing inflation. However, without going down this tree, China can only get 4 total research spots. This may not be a major concern as China both may not need to research many technologies (naval and radar and perhaps tank and air technology with licensed production) and can make up for its technological inferiority with massive numerical superiority. Not going down this path also frees up time to focus on the other national focuses. It may be best to first prosecute the war with Japan to a close and then start working one's way down the Welfare branch while at peace, making it less likely for the Inflation to cause problems while at war.

Subjugating the Warlords

One strategy is to go down the national focus tree to the focus “Subjugate the Warlords” (through Three Principles of the People, Nationalism and Prioritize the Interior). This makes China send an ultimatum to 晋系, 新疆, 桂系, 滇系 and 西北三马. You will easily overpower them with your superior power, as long as you fight the ones that don’t submit one by one. You can then attack 中共 through the focus Anti-Communism which gives you a war goal on them. Once you have done this, taking on 日本 will be a lot easier due to your new might, as you now control a lot more of your core territory.

Achievements

Awake and Angry As China, reconquer all of China and Manchuria and force a Japanese surrender.

Romance of the Three Kingdoms As China, puppet and then annex Yunnan and Guangxi Clique.

Sun Tzu Reborn As Any Chinese Nation, Have a level 9 field marshal.

国家

 

主要国家	法国 美利坚合众国 联合王国 德意志国 意大利 日本 苏维埃联盟

次要国家	加拿大自治领 澳大利亚 新西兰 南非 英属印度 捷克斯洛伐克 匈牙利王国 罗马尼亚王国 南斯拉夫 中华民国 中共 满洲国 桂系 滇系 晋系 西北三马 新疆 墨西哥 荷兰 西班牙 葡萄牙 保加利亚 希腊王国 土耳其 立陶宛 拉脱维亚 爱沙尼亚 波兰

其它国家	西班牙国 西班牙共和国 埃塞俄比亚

欧洲	阿尔巴尼亚 奥地利 比利时 保加利亚 捷克斯洛伐克 丹麦 爱沙尼亚 芬兰 法国 德意志国 希腊王国 匈牙利王国 爱尔兰 意大利 拉脱维亚 立陶宛 卢森堡 荷兰 挪威 波兰 葡萄牙 西班牙 罗马尼亚王国 斯洛伐克 苏维埃联盟 瑞典 瑞士 土耳其 联合王国 南斯拉夫

北美	加拿大自治领 哥斯达黎加 古巴 多米尼加共和国 萨尔瓦多 危地马拉 海地 洪都拉斯 墨西哥 尼加拉瓜 巴拿马 美利坚合众国

南美	阿根廷 玻利维亚 巴西 智利 哥伦比亚 厄瓜多尔 巴拉圭 秘鲁 乌拉圭 委内瑞拉

亚洲	阿富汗 不丹 英属马来亚 英属印度 中华民国 中共 桂系 伊朗 伊拉克 日本 满洲国 蒙古国 蒙古 尼泊尔 阿曼 菲律宾 沙特阿拉伯 晋系 暹罗 新疆 唐努图瓦 西藏 西北三马 也门 滇系

非洲	埃塞俄比亚 利比里亚 南非

大洋洲

澳大利亚 新西兰