Post by jburns272 on Mar 26, 2015 16:22:57 GMT
I was Born in New Zealand, went to high school and University in Australia, lived in Japan for three years and now live in the Inner Mongolia region of China.
I agree with Dazim about what would happen to Australia. Though, I think New Zealand would have an easier time isolating itself from the rest of the world. This is in part because we're not really worth invading. If Australia and the UK are fighting, we would send some force to support them. New Zealand would probably receive its share of refugees too.
Japan will most likely end up fighting on two fronts. China in the south and Russia in the North. In the south, the Senkaku Islands (the the natural gas reserves under them) makes a perfect flash point to start off a war between Japan, the PRC and probably Taiwan.
In the north, the Japanese really really want the South Kuril Islands back. Japan claims the islands were illegally taken from them after WWII. If Japan gets the chance, they will definitely invade these islands. The Russians will see this coming - almost literally - and I wouldn't be surprised if the result was very bloody. Japan might then try to take the rest of the Kuril Islands and Sakhalin.
In a world charging into WWIII, I can imagine Japan dropping its 'pacifist' constitution and rearming more openly. Japan already has a surprisingly powerful military for a country that officially renounces war.
The People's Republic of China will obviously be involved in any major war in Asia, quite possibly trying to take on pretty much everyone else at the same time. I already mentioned the Senkaku Islands above. There's also the possibility of trying to take back Taiwan and the Spartly Islands - and other South China Sea - disputes with Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia and Brunei. I wouldn't be surprised if large parts of eastern China glow in the dark for decades after the war.
Once WWIII really kicks off, it would be reasonable to expect large-scale rebellions in Xinjiang and Tibet, possibly Inner Mongolia too. Xinjiang already has active insurgencies while Tibet and Inner Mongolia both have separatist movements. Inner Mongolia has a lot more Han Chinese than Mongolians though. So I think they'll have a harder time trying to break away until the PRC has been hammered hard by other powers. It would make sense for China's opponents to support, and even arm these uprisings; The more resources China has to devote to putting down these uprisings, the less they have to fight other nations. A genocide or two might be needed to put down uprisings in Xinjiang and secure the oil fields there. They can then resettle refugees from the east there after the more 'Chinese' parts of China get nuked.
I agree with Dazim about what would happen to Australia. Though, I think New Zealand would have an easier time isolating itself from the rest of the world. This is in part because we're not really worth invading. If Australia and the UK are fighting, we would send some force to support them. New Zealand would probably receive its share of refugees too.
Japan will most likely end up fighting on two fronts. China in the south and Russia in the North. In the south, the Senkaku Islands (the the natural gas reserves under them) makes a perfect flash point to start off a war between Japan, the PRC and probably Taiwan.
In the north, the Japanese really really want the South Kuril Islands back. Japan claims the islands were illegally taken from them after WWII. If Japan gets the chance, they will definitely invade these islands. The Russians will see this coming - almost literally - and I wouldn't be surprised if the result was very bloody. Japan might then try to take the rest of the Kuril Islands and Sakhalin.
In a world charging into WWIII, I can imagine Japan dropping its 'pacifist' constitution and rearming more openly. Japan already has a surprisingly powerful military for a country that officially renounces war.
The People's Republic of China will obviously be involved in any major war in Asia, quite possibly trying to take on pretty much everyone else at the same time. I already mentioned the Senkaku Islands above. There's also the possibility of trying to take back Taiwan and the Spartly Islands - and other South China Sea - disputes with Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia and Brunei. I wouldn't be surprised if large parts of eastern China glow in the dark for decades after the war.
Once WWIII really kicks off, it would be reasonable to expect large-scale rebellions in Xinjiang and Tibet, possibly Inner Mongolia too. Xinjiang already has active insurgencies while Tibet and Inner Mongolia both have separatist movements. Inner Mongolia has a lot more Han Chinese than Mongolians though. So I think they'll have a harder time trying to break away until the PRC has been hammered hard by other powers. It would make sense for China's opponents to support, and even arm these uprisings; The more resources China has to devote to putting down these uprisings, the less they have to fight other nations. A genocide or two might be needed to put down uprisings in Xinjiang and secure the oil fields there. They can then resettle refugees from the east there after the more 'Chinese' parts of China get nuked.
