What would China’s history look like if Chiang Kai-shek had ignored George C. Marshall’s request in 1946? This is the first in a four-part mini-series of articles focused on key counterfactuals in the Asia-Pacific. History, paraphrased by the British historian Niall Fergusson in Civilization, can be taught in many ways. Lamenting the lack of proper context and structure in British sixth-form schoo
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