Yes, you are right as usual TJ. Just as a treaty was not needed when Japanese visited their ancestral China homelands to restore order: <this apparently was not necessary in the case of Tibet, as it was not needed in that other case of Hunan province; treaties happen between sovereign states, not between territories of the same kingdom. You should know that.>
Anschluss in China, [as in Austria, Poland, etc, with Germany] was obviously a very happy event in Tibet and no doubt would be in Taiwan, and more so when Japan is also in the Greater East Asia Prosperity Sphere and it's one big joyful family again, with eunuchs keeping score, headquarters in Tokyo as it would have been, but for the untoward interruption of the USA.
Similarly, the USA overcame their differences between King George III and those naughty southerners who wouldn't follow the cooler climate strictures [the rule is the cooler the climate, the more bossy the bosses - people get grumpy after another long, dark, cold and wet/snowy winter]. There was no treaty required with Dixie, just surrender and amalgamation. The USSR had lots of provinces, almost down to the warm water, until they didn't.
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