At the same time however, this partitioning increases the number of fronts the Allies player controlling China (U.S.A.) has to defend in order to keep their border secure.
In the 50th Anniversary Edition map, China is partitioned into a larger number of territories and thus represents a greater challange to any Axis player trying to infiltrate Russia through Chinese terrority. Some example causes changes to the rules or changes to the layout of the map/game board. This section describes differences between the edition of interest and other editions of Axis & Allies that have significant affects upon strategies.