Im pleased to announce the release of the first paid DLC for Rise of the White Sun!

I think youll enjoy whats in that dLC:

• Tons of new characters to recruit, confront, and negotiate with

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• Many fascinating Communist bases, some boasting large rosters of statesmen, officers, spies, and more

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• A major confrontation with a foreign power: Soviet Russia!

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• The bloodiest warlord free-for-all of the era: the Central Plains War

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Heres a glimpse of the settings and tensions youll face in the DLC:

Nanjing, January 1929\nThe Guomindangs Northern Expedition has succeeded, uniting China under Jiang Jieshis government. But this unity rests on fragile alliances with regional military leadersalliances riddled with personal ambition, grudges, and suspicion.\nMeanwhile, Communist base areas stubbornly resist suppression, forcing Jiang to plan larger encirclement campaigns. The stakes are high: Jiang has the chance to consolidate power, but his enemies lie both within and beyond Chinas borders. Will he secure his legacyor be swept away by the chaos?

Shenyang, January 1929\nZhang Xueliang, the \"Young Marshal,\" inherits Manchuria after his fathers assassination by the Japanese. Prosperous but coveted, Manchurias fate hangs in the balance. Zhang pledges loyalty to Nanjing while modernizing his industry and military, all under the looming shadow of Japanese designs.\nWill he secure Manchurias future by aligning with Nanjingor gamble on independence and risk disaster?

Xinjiang, January 1929\nGovernor Jin Shuren faces the immense challenge of ruling one of Chinas most remote and volatile provinces. Xinjiangs patchwork of ethnic groups, local leaders, and foreign influences requires delicate diplomacybut Jin relies instead on force, oppression, and an oversized army the province cannot sustain. Under his corrupt rule, rebellion simmers.

Shandong, 1929\nThe infamous Dogmeat General Zhang Zongchang, ousted from Shandong, plots his return. Flamboyant, unpredictable, and still well-connected, Zhang eyes unrest and Japanese indifference as his chance to reclaim power. Will his daring pay offor finally bring about his downfall?

Gansu, 1929\nUnder Feng Yuxiangs rule, famine-stricken Gansu has been stripped of resources. A Hui-led revolt, initially promising restraint, has turned into a bloody sectarian conflict. The cycle of violence threatens to engulf the provincecan it be stopped?

Jiangxi, 1929\nIn the Jinggang Mountains, Mao Zedong and Zhu De have carved out the Jiangxi Soviet. From here, they refine guerrilla tactics and rally peasants and workers to their revolutionary cause. Every skirmish, every meeting, every march brings them closer to their vision of a new China.

and much more awaits you in this sprawling expansion of Chinas warlord era!