Did the decision of Sheng Shicai to switch loyalty to the Nationalist Chinese government of Chang Kai Shek prevent a Soviet annexation of Xinjang?

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Did Stalin aim to annex Xinjang? And did the decision of Sheng Shicai to switch loyalty to the Nationalist Chinese government of Chang Kai Shek prevent a Soviet annexation of Xinjang?
Sheng Shicai, the governor of the Chinese province of Xinjang invited Soviet forces to Xinjang in 1934 to crush a Muslim revolt.
Sheng Shicai became a member of the Soviet Union Communist Party, not the Chinese Communist Party and Xinjang became de facto a vandal state of the Soviet Union, despite never officially seceding from China. On 5 oktober 1942 Sheng Shicai switched loyalty to hé Nationalist government of Chang Kai Shek and began arresting Communists. In 1943 Stalin withdrew Soviet forces from Xinjang (before the Cairo conference of Chang KaiShek, Roosevelt and Churchill).
Will Timeghost do an episode about the complicated politics of Xinjang?

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I hope so, there’s an entire HOI4 focus path on it. I love filling in the real history behind the geekier parts of HOI4

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What does ‘HO14’ mean?

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Heart Of Iron 4, That’s a strategy video game about WWII that give you the oporynity to rewrite history, generally in a silly and kind of absurde way. (But its’ great).

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