http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/31/opinions/china-wwii-forgotten-ally-rana-mitter/index.html
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Nonetheless, China's leader, the Nationalist Chiang Kai-shek, along with his unlikely allies, the Communists, refused to surrender, retreating inland to carry on resistance.
This decision changed the fate of Asia.
If China had surrendered in 1938, Japan would have controlled China for a generation or more. Japan's forces might have turned toward the USSR, Southeast Asia, or even British India.
The European and Asian wars might never have come together as they did after Pearl Harbor in 1941.
中国虽然弱但在双方势均力敌时是一个决定因素。可以斗胆说中国坚持抗战是二战盟军胜利不可缺少的因素。