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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Every person that a voter supports lived and had some influence at that time.

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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Every person that a voter supports lived AlternateHistory: Obviously.

* LesCollaborateurs: Manchukuo
and had its President, [[TheQuisling Zhang Zongchang]].

* CurbStompCushion: the Glorious March, which gave the KMT Guangdong.

* EasyLogistics: [[AvertedTrope Averted]], every faction has run into supply troubles at
some influence at that time.
point, which has occasionally lost battles.

* ElectionDayEpisode: In the C-KMT and in Japan, other large countries in China don't have elections.

* TheEmpire: the Qing Empire, a theoretically absolute monarchy controlled by warlords.

* EvilColonialist: The Japanese, French and British, all colonial powers who control much of China's trade and force unequal economic treaties on it, and also ignore its sovereignty.



* GenghisGambit: Although the civil war is still officially on, the Second Sino-Japanese War froze for a time, with the polities that didn't enter the war aiding those who did.

* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Every person that a voter supports lived and had some influence at that time.

* HitAndRunTactics: the favoured tactic of the C-KMT and communist militias.

* InternalReformist: Most players are like this, using their influence to modernize and industrialize the state they are in.

* PeaceConference: Prince Chun, Regent of the Qing Empire, arranges one after the Second Sino-Japanese War (1923-25).

* RedshirtArmy: What the Northeastern Defense Army appears to be in the Battle for Port Arthur: tens of thousands die assaulting it. [[spoiler: The Battles of Jehol go much better for them.]]

* TheRepublic: the KMT (Chinese Nationalist Party) in the south.

* LaResistance: Communist partisans all over China are generally this.



* RoyalBrat: [[PsychopathicManchild Emperor Puyi]] is one, enjoying beating his eunuchs.

* SimpleYetAwesome: the Howell gun, a simple semiautomatic, that although more difficult to manufacture than the usual bolt-action guns, packs a lot more firepower.

* TheSyndicate: the Tongs of Shanghai, controlled by Du Yuesheng, and closely allied with Chiang Kai-Shek's Kemintang (Chinese Revolutionary Party), control Shanghai and have an army (if a small one). [[spoiler: Sadly eliminated by the Japanese in turn 8, though they have regrouped near Macao and in Taiwan. ]]

* VehicularTurnabout: Used by all factions, as standarization does not really exist, and most of them use the Hanyang 88 anyway.



* TheRepublic: the KMT (Chinese Nationalist Party) in the south.

* TheEmpire: the Qing Empire, a theoretically absolute monarchy controlled by warlords.

* EvilColonialist: The Japanese, French and British, all colonial powers who control much of China's trade and force unequal economic treaties on it, and also ignore its sovereignity.

* CurbStompCushion: the Glorious March, which gave the KMT Guangdong.

* TheSyndicate: the Tongs of Shanghai, controlled by Du Yuesheng, and closely allied with Chiang Kai-Shek's Kemintang (Chinese Revolutionary Party), control Shanghai and have an army (if a small one). [[spoiler: Sadly eliminated by the Japanese in turn 8, though they have regrouped near Macao and in Taiwan. ]]

* RedshirtArmy: What the Northeastern Defense Army appears to be in the Battle for Port Arthur: thens of thousands die assaulting it. [[spoiler: the Battles of Jehol go much better for them]]



* InternalReformist: Most players are like this, using their influence to modernize and industrialize the state they are in.

* LaResistance: Communist partisans all over China are generally this.

* PeaceConference: Prince Chun, Regent of the Qing Empire, arranges one after the Second Sino-Japanese War (1923-25).

* GenghisGambit: Although the civil war is still officially on, the Second Sino-Japanese War freezed for a time, with the polities that didn't enter the war aiding those who did.

* LesCollaborateurs: Manchukuo and its President, [[TheQuisling Zhang Zongchang]].


* VehicularTurnabout: Used by all factions, as standarization does not really exist, and most of them use the Hanyang 88 anyway.

* DynastiesFromShangToQing: The Qing hold most of China.

* NoMoreEmperors: Starts this way, but soon enough the Qing return to power in the North.

* HitAndRunTactics: the favoured tactic of the C-KMT and communist militias.

* RoyalBrat: [[PsychopathicManchild Emperor Puyi]] is one, enjoying beating his eunuchs.

* SimpleYetAwesome: the Howell gun, a simple semiautomatic, that although more difficult to manufacture than the usual bolt-action guns, packs a lot more firepower.

* EasyLogistics: Very much averted, every faction has run into supply troubles at some point, which has ocassionally lost battles.

* AlternateHistory: Obviously.

* ElectionDayEpisode: In the C-KMT and in Japan, other large countries in China don't have elections.

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* InternalReformist: Most players are like this, using their influence to modernize and industrialize the state they are in.

* LaResistance: Communist partisans all over China are generally this.

* PeaceConference: Prince Chun, Regent of the Qing Empire, arranges one after the Second Sino-Japanese War (1923-25).

* GenghisGambit: Although the civil war is still officially on, the Second Sino-Japanese War freezed for a time, with the polities that didn't enter the war aiding those who did.

* LesCollaborateurs: Manchukuo and its President, [[TheQuisling Zhang Zongchang]].


* VehicularTurnabout: Used by all factions, as standarization does not really exist, and most of them use the Hanyang 88 anyway.

* DynastiesFromShangToQing: The Qing hold most of China.

* NoMoreEmperors: Starts this way, but soon enough the Qing return to power in the North.

* HitAndRunTactics: the favoured tactic of the C-KMT and communist militias.

* RoyalBrat: [[PsychopathicManchild Emperor Puyi]] is one, enjoying beating his eunuchs.

* SimpleYetAwesome: the Howell gun, a simple semiautomatic, that although more difficult to manufacture than the usual bolt-action guns, packs a lot more firepower.

* EasyLogistics: Very much averted, every faction has run into supply troubles at some point, which has ocassionally lost battles.

* AlternateHistory: Obviously.

* ElectionDayEpisode: In the C-KMT and in Japan, other large countries in China don't have elections.
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* ElectionNight: In the C-KMT and in Japan, other large countries in China don't have elections.

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* ElectionNight: ElectionDayEpisode: In the C-KMT and in Japan, other large countries in China don't have elections.
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* Alternate History: Obviously.

* Election Night: In the C-KMT and in Japan, other large countries in China don't have elections.

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* Alternate History: AlternateHistory: Obviously.

* Election Night: ElectionNight: In the C-KMT and in Japan, other large countries in China don't have elections.

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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Every person that a voter supports lived and had some influence at that time.



* TheSyndicate: the Tongs of Shanghai, controlled by Du Yuesheng, and closely allied with Chiang Kai-Shek's Kemintang (Chinese Revolutionary Party), control Shanghai and have an army (if a small one). [[spoiler: Sadly eliminated by the Japanese in turn 8 ]]

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* TheSyndicate: the Tongs of Shanghai, controlled by Du Yuesheng, and closely allied with Chiang Kai-Shek's Kemintang (Chinese Revolutionary Party), control Shanghai and have an army (if a small one). [[spoiler: Sadly eliminated by the Japanese in turn 8 8, though they have regrouped near Macao and in Taiwan. ]]



* TheRevolutionWillNotBeVillified: The process of revolution by the KMT is largely bloodless for civilians: though the feudal lords lose their lands and titles, they are neither killed nor badly treated.



* LesCollaborateurs: Manchukuo and its President, Zhang Zongchang.

* TheQuisling: Zhang Zongchang, the "Dogmeat General", President of Manchukuo.

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* LesCollaborateurs: Manchukuo and its President, [[TheQuisling Zhang Zongchang.

* TheQuisling: Zhang Zongchang, the "Dogmeat General", President of Manchukuo.
Zongchang]].




* RoyalBrat: Emperor Puyi[[PsychopathicManchild]] is one, enjoying beating his eunuchs.

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* RoyalBrat: [[PsychopathicManchild Emperor Puyi[[PsychopathicManchild]] Puyi]] is one, enjoying beating his eunuchs.
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* EasyLogistics: Very much averted, every faction has run into supply troubles at some point, which has ocassionally lost battles.

* Alternate History: Obviously.

* Election Night: In the C-KMT and in Japan, other large countries in China don't have elections.

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A Little Trouble in Big China is an alternate-history quest [[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/a-little-trouble-in-big-china-a-chinese-warlord-quest.47881/ on Sufficient Velocity]], written by Dadarian. It features the Warlord Era and Chinese Civil War, starting in 1916, and has the players take the reins of the different sides.

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A Little Trouble in Big China is an alternate-history quest Quest [[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/a-little-trouble-in-big-china-a-chinese-warlord-quest.47881/ on Sufficient Velocity]], written by Dadarian. It features the Warlord Era and Chinese Civil War, starting in 1916, and has the players take the reins of the different sides.


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* SimpleYetAwesome: the Howell gun, a simple semiautomatic, that although more difficult to manufacture than the usual bolt-action guns, packs a lot more firepower.

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* HitAndRunTactics: the favoured tactic of the C-KMT and communist militias.

* RoyalBrat: Emperor Puyi[[PsychopathicManchild]] is one, enjoying beating his eunuchs.

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* DynastiesFromShangToQing: The Qing hold most of China.

* NoMoreEmperors: Starts this way, but soon enough the Qing return to power in the North.

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* RedshirtArmy: What the Northeastern Defense Army appears to be in the Battle for Port Arthur: thens of thousands die assaulting it. [[spoiler: the Battle of Jehol goes much better for them]]

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* RedshirtArmy: What the Northeastern Defense Army appears to be in the Battle for Port Arthur: thens of thousands die assaulting it. [[spoiler: the Battle Battles of Jehol goes go much better for them]]



* LaRésistance: Communist partisans all over China are generally this.

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* LaRésistance: LaResistance: Communist partisans all over China are generally this.




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* LesCollaborateurs: Manchukuo and its President, Zhang Zongchang.

* TheQuisling: Zhang Zongchang, the "Dogmeat General", President of Manchukuo.

* VehicularTurnabout: Used by all factions, as standarization does not really exist, and most of them use the Hanyang 88 anyway.

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* TheRevolution

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* TheRevolution
TheRevolutionWillNotBeVillified: The process of revolution by the KMT is largely bloodless for civilians: though the feudal lords lose their lands and titles, they are neither killed nor badly treated.

* LaRésistance: Communist partisans all over China are generally this.

* PeaceConference: Prince Chun, Regent of the Qing Empire, arranges one after the Second Sino-Japanese War (1923-25).

* GenghisGambit: Although the civil war is still officially on, the Second Sino-Japanese War freezed for a time, with the polities that didn't enter the war aiding those who did.

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* InternalReformist: Most players are like this, using their influence to modernize and industrialize the state they are in.

* TheRevolution
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A Little Trouble in Big China is an alternate-history quest [[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/a-little-trouble-in-big-china-a-chinese-warlord-quest.47881/ on Sufficient Velocity]], written by Dadarian. It features the Chinese Civil War, starting in 1916, and has the players take the reins of the different sides, proposing methods for the upcoming year.

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A Little Trouble in Big China is an alternate-history quest [[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/a-little-trouble-in-big-china-a-chinese-warlord-quest.47881/ on Sufficient Velocity]], written by Dadarian. It features the Warlord Era and Chinese Civil War, starting in 1916, and has the players take the reins of the different sides, proposing methods for the upcoming year.
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* ZergRush: A common tactic among Chinese armies, as the armies are often under-trained but numerous.

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* ZergRush: A common tactic among Chinese armies, as the armies are often under-trained but numerous.numerous.

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[[caption-width-right:350:China in january 1921]]


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[[caption-width-right:350:China, August 1925]]
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* TheSyndicate: the Tongs of Shanghai, controlled by Du Yuesheng, and closely allied with Chiang Kai-Shek's Kemintang (Chinese Revolutionary Party), control Shanghai and have an army (if a small one). [[spoiler: Sadly eliminated by the Japanese in turn 8 ]]

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* TheSyndicate: the Tongs of Shanghai, controlled by Du Yuesheng, and closely allied with Chiang Kai-Shek's Kemintang (Chinese Revolutionary Party), control Shanghai and have an army (if a small one). [[spoiler: Sadly eliminated by the Japanese in turn 8 ]]]]

* RedshirtArmy: What the Northeastern Defense Army appears to be in the Battle for Port Arthur: thens of thousands die assaulting it. [[spoiler: the Battle of Jehol goes much better for them]]

* ZergRush: A common tactic among Chinese armies, as the armies are often under-trained but numerous.
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* TheSyndicate: the Tongs of Shanghai, controlled by Du Yuesheng, and closely allied with Chiang Kai-Shek's Kemintang (Chinese Revolutionary Party), control Shanghai and have an army (if a small one).

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* TheSyndicate: the Tongs of Shanghai, controlled by Du Yuesheng, and closely allied with Chiang Kai-Shek's Kemintang (Chinese Revolutionary Party), control Shanghai and have an army (if a small one). [[spoiler: Sadly eliminated by the Japanese in turn 8 ]]
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* FullCircleRevolution: The Beijang cliques, due to Zhang Zuolin's actions, end up returning the Qing dynasty o the throne.

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* FullCircleRevolution: The Beijang cliques, due to Zhang Zuolin's actions, end up returning the Qing dynasty o to the throne.



* TheSyndicate: the Tongs of Shanhai, controlled by Du Yuesheng, and closely allied with Chiang Kai-Shek's Kemintang (Chinese Revolutionary Party), control Shanghai and have a real army (if a small one).

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* TheSyndicate: the Tongs of Shanhai, Shanghai, controlled by Du Yuesheng, and closely allied with Chiang Kai-Shek's Kemintang (Chinese Revolutionary Party), control Shanghai and have a real an army (if a small one).
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* EvilColonialist: The Japanese, French and British, all colonial powers who control much of China's trade and force unequal economic treaties on it, sa well ,as ignoring its sovereignity.

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* EvilColonialist: The Japanese, French and British, all colonial powers who control much of China's trade and force unequal economic treaties on it, sa well ,as ignoring and also ignore its sovereignity.



* TheSyndicate: the Tongs of Shanhai, controlled by Du Yuesheng, and closely allied with Chiang Kai-Shek's Kemintang (Chinese Revolutionary Party), cotrol Shanghai and have a real army (if a small one).

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* TheSyndicate: the Tongs of Shanhai, controlled by Du Yuesheng, and closely allied with Chiang Kai-Shek's Kemintang (Chinese Revolutionary Party), cotrol control Shanghai and have a real army (if a small one).
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* WeAreStrugglingTogether: Every faction is a collection of warlords, nominally united under a central leader, but if the leader attacks their power, they will revolt.

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* WeAreStrugglingTogether: Every faction is a collection of warlords, nominally united under a central leader, but if the leader attacks their power, they will revolt.
revolt. In turn 6, it happened to the KMT.

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* TheRevolutionWillNotBeVilified:

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* TheRevolutionWillNotBeVilified:
TheRevolutionWillNotBeVilified: the Land Reform of the KMT is done as peacefully as possible, without any murders (or at least, without any non-judged murders).



* ChummyCommies
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* TheSyndicate: the Tongs of Shanhai, controlled by Du Yuesheng, and closely allied with Chiang Kai-Shek's Kemintang (Chinese Revolutionary Party)

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* TheSyndicate: the Tongs of Shanhai, controlled by Du Yuesheng, and closely allied with Chiang Kai-Shek's Kemintang (Chinese Revolutionary Party)Party), cotrol Shanghai and have a real army (if a small one).

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* {Full-Circle Revolution}

* The revolution will not be Vilified

* We are Struggling Together

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* {Full-Circle Revolution}

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FullCircleRevolution: The revolution Beijang cliques, due to Zhang Zuolin's actions, end up returning the Qing dynasty o the throne.

* TheRevolutionWillNotBeVilified:

* WeAreStrugglingTogether: Every faction is a collection of warlords, nominally united under a central leader, but if the leader attacks their power, they
will not be Vilified

revolt.

* We are Struggling TogetherChummyCommies

*TheRepublic: the KMT (Chinese Nationalist Party) in the south.

*TheEmpire: the Qing Empire, a theoretically absolute monarchy controlled by warlords.

*EvilColonialist: The Japanese, French and British, all colonial powers who control much of China's trade and force unequal economic treaties on it, sa well ,as ignoring its sovereignity.

*CurbStompCushion: the Glorious March, which gave the KMT Guangdong.

*TheSyndicate: the Tongs of Shanhai, controlled by Du Yuesheng, and closely allied with Chiang Kai-Shek's Kemintang (Chinese Revolutionary Party)
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* [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FullCircleRevolution/ Full-Circle Revolution]]

* The revolution will not be Vilified

* We are Struggling Together

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* The
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* Full-Circle Revolution

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* [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FullCircleRevolution/ Full-Circle Revolution
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A Little Trouble in Big China is an alternate-history quest on Sufficient Velocity, written by Dadarian. It features the Chinese Civil War, starting in 1916, and has the players take the reins of the different sides, proposing methods for the upcoming year.

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A Little Trouble in Big China is an alternate-history quest [[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/a-little-trouble-in-big-china-a-chinese-warlord-quest.47881/ on Sufficient Velocity, Velocity]], written by Dadarian. It features the Chinese Civil War, starting in 1916, and has the players take the reins of the different sides, proposing methods for the upcoming year.



''Full-Circle Revolution''

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We are Struggling Together

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A Little Trouble in Big China is an alternate-history quest on Sufficient Velocity, written by Dadarian. It features the Chinese Civil War, starting in 1916, and has the players take the reins of the different sides, proposing methods for the upcoming year.

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Full-Circle Revolution

The revolution will not be Vilified

We are Struggling Together

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