? About Chinese Troop Movements

[afspret]

Not been able to find this in the manual (probably not looking in the right place) but why is it just about all the Chinese War Area Groups (HQ) and only a very small number of the Chinese Inf units have movement options? I just started playing the game and have found this in the scen 2 and the dreadnought scenerio.

[Tankerace]

Hi there. The reason that is not in the manual is that was one of the first post release changes. During the 1920s and 1930s, warlords ruled China. There was no central command that could wield what we would consider a "Chinese Army." Local units were individually run, and while they would fight to protect their homeland, certainly wouldn't march off to war.
 
The "warlord" unit that you see in various Chinese units makes them static. This "warlord" means that the particular unit is controlled by a warlord, and as such is immobile. However, the warlord can be killed. If all of the Warlord units are destroyed in the unit, then the unit is free to move again. BUT - set the unit to not receive replacements. The unit could wither on the vine, but if it can receive replacements, then another warlord can take over the unit (i.e. replacement warlord).
 
In effect, this is supposed to remove the Chinese army from the game as far as the Allies are concerned. While an invading Japanese force would have to deal with them, Chinese warlords certainly wouldn't unit under one banner to oppose the Japanese. Keep in mind, Japan had started war with China and Manchuria since 1931. It wasn't until 1937 that the Nationalist Chinese and Communist Chinese "put aside their differences" to fight Japan, and then only until 1945. In a 1920s environment, right on the heels of the feared worldwide communist revolution, the last thing the Chinese are going to do is to aid Britain, France, and the United States.