OK, we all know China is a popping inf minor who don’t use IC or even capital normal rules. I have a question.
All chinese territories are 1 ipcs (for Japan conquering them). Anyway, Manchuria is 3 ipcs and probably Hong Kong and Shangai are 2 ipcs. So…
What if Japan puts a IC in a Chinese conquered territory or simply in Manchuria? Of course, they could build normally.
But … what if Japan builds the IC in chinese territory and some allied power (including China itself) frees the territory with the IC?
Let’s see, China cannot use ICs or even IPCs, so no building or strat bombing. If other allies free it, reverts to chinese status, so we are in the same case.
China has no capital, so even if Japan conquer all China and some ally frees the territory who has the IC, becomes chinese again! Great! We have a chinese minor with a IC who cannot even pop a single inf! :-P
Conclusion: China can have a conquered IC, but is no capable of using it. I think it sucks. Japan can enter China. China cannot enter japanese terrain. Japan can pop ICs at pleasure, but China (or allies)cannot use them even if China conquers them. Now imagine how cheap and gamey is a FIC IC for a Japanese player. No risks from north and they can rush for India if they like (in revised, you needed protect FIC IC against north attacks). Manchurian IC is another cool stuff, and worst: in revised, soviets (or even USA’s controled China) could menace it, and now in Anniversary, allies can conquer the IC and Japan can happily ignore it if something more important is there (as a USA’s fleet at Borneo sz), because allies cannot use that chinese controled IC.
I think China is severely weakened with this poping inf status. It gives much more to Japan (12 ipcs with bonus) than allies (1 more inf each turn a pair of turns if Japan attacks correctly). Maybe we should start thinking on allied bids for China (remember, soviet rear is next to China).