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.)
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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
Tuva bordered China between 1921 and 1944. It was a Soviet puppet state, but formally independent nonetheless, similar to the Eastern Block after WWII.
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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