Apparently Sikkim stopped being a protectorate of the UK in 1947 and became a protectorate of India in 1950. So it seems like for 3 years it was on its own.
Not really, not on the same level of Manchukuo to Japan. Not to mention, Mongolia has been its own civilization for thousands of years, Manchukuo is Chinese.
Right - Germany had Qingdao and the rest (I think) of the Shandong peninsula for a brief period until WWI. (And Qingdao is still best known outside of China for beer.)
In 1910 the Empire of Japan annexed the Korean Empire (i.e. unlike, for example Manchukuo, which should probably be on this quiz, Korea was not merely a Japanese puppet state, a formally a part of the Japanese Empire). Then the two Korean Republics today known as North and South Korea arose directly from the occupation zones in Korea at the end of WWII. So at no point has any united Korea bordered China since 1914.
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There's a difference between lines of control and borders. You're right that under a definition of "which Weberian areas of control did that authority with the greatest claim to representing China have its territory abut," you would have to list the PRC and ROC (as well as earlier Communist states within China).
This is not entirely true. The PRC was declared on October 1st, 1949. Wikipedia says that the Guomindang retreat to Taiwan occurred in December of 1949. There were still Nationalist military forces in Western China, and Wikipedia lists military actions that occurred after the proclamation of the PRC. Additionally, Hainan was not captured until April 1950.
I'm not sure that the ROC should be included, but they did control land that bordered land controlled by the PRC.
What? Where do you think they retreated from, thin air? Of course Chankaishek controlled land on the mainland, bordering PRC, where would the PRC madetheir revolution? Do you think they just popped into existence in a land that was ungoverned before?
Folgore: yes. That theory would make the most sense. Though to be honest I thought simply they were chased out of the country in a couple of months and were in retreat most of the time so not really in control of the land they were surrendering. Frostar's dates above seem to confirm this.
Austria only had a concession in Tianjing (excluded in the caveat), Germany had a city much like uk had Hong Kong or Portugal had Macau. So I second that.
I guess it counts under both UK and India, which are already in the quiz.
"The Kingdom of Sikkim became a princely state of British India in 1890. After 1947, Sikkim continued its protectorate status with the republic of India. In 1975, the Indian military deposed the Sikkimese monarchy. A referendum in 1975 led to Sikkim joining India as its 22nd state." --wiki
Puerto Rico would have to vote to be part of the United States yet would not be considered a sovereign country before then but a territory of the United States. Same with Gibraltar and the United Kingdom or New Caledonia and France or many other examples.
Tuva bordered China between 1921 and 1944. It was a Soviet puppet state, but formally independent nonetheless, similar to the Eastern Block after WWII.
- British protectorate ended in 1947, independent Indian protectorate from 1950 to 1975
Manchukuo - 1932-1945
- Manchukuo was no doubt a puppet state of Japan, but unlike puppet states like Far Eastern Republic, it had certain level of control over its governance and international recognition at the time (Poland, El Salvador, Romania, Finland, Germany, etc). Other Japanese puppet states in China did not see recognition and governance stretching as far as Manchukuo so I suppose you can allow Manchukuo and no more.
Feel free to add or ignore these. They were states formed during the Russian Siberian war which did not see proper governance over their territories and receive international recognition. (+ Far Eastern Republic was a puppet state of Soviet Russia practically just an exclave given nominal independence for convenience)
Also Germany did own Qingdao de jure until 1919 and it held it de facto as well for most of 1914, so Germany should be included in this quiz as well, unless you change the title
India and China did not share a border in 1947, at that time the Nationalists ruled China and had not occuiped/invaded the territories of Xinjiang and Tibet.
If Tibet, which was unrecognized but de facto independent, is included, then I think other similar states with little recognition such as Tannu Tuva should be included as well. Also, it might be good to add a caveat that short-lived governments such as the temporary independent Korean government after WW2 are not included.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_Empire
I'm not sure that the ROC should be included, but they did control land that bordered land controlled by the PRC.
"The Kingdom of Sikkim became a princely state of British India in 1890. After 1947, Sikkim continued its protectorate status with the republic of India. In 1975, the Indian military deposed the Sikkimese monarchy. A referendum in 1975 led to Sikkim joining India as its 22nd state." --wiki
I didn't get these, because the colonies and territories were not actually part of these countries, so I never thought to type them.
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- British protectorate ended in 1947, independent Indian protectorate from 1950 to 1975
Manchukuo - 1932-1945
- Manchukuo was no doubt a puppet state of Japan, but unlike puppet states like Far Eastern Republic, it had certain level of control over its governance and international recognition at the time (Poland, El Salvador, Romania, Finland, Germany, etc). Other Japanese puppet states in China did not see recognition and governance stretching as far as Manchukuo so I suppose you can allow Manchukuo and no more.
Feel free to add or ignore these. They were states formed during the Russian Siberian war which did not see proper governance over their territories and receive international recognition. (+ Far Eastern Republic was a puppet state of Soviet Russia practically just an exclave given nominal independence for convenience)
- Green Ukraine (1920-1922)
- Far Eastern Republic (1920-1922)
But you forgot:
- Qingdao which was held by Germany until 1918
- Tianjin which was held by Austria Hungary until
1918