I recently finished Ian Fleming's "The Siege at Peking" and I was left thinking that if things had gone differently WWI could have been fought in China instead of Europe. How accurate do you think that assessment is? | AskHistorians Archive Observer

I recently finished Ian Fleming's "The Siege at Peking" and I was left thinking that if things had gone differently WWI could have been fought in China instead of Europe. How accurate do you think that assessment is?

by PoglaTheGrate

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For those of us who haven't read the book, would you mind summarising it and explaining why it might have lead you to think that?