I disagree with most of the above.
Japan would have been all in the Twilight War. Most likely, the Navy would have been actively been involved in convoy escort throughout 1995 and 1996. No matter how bad anti-Japan sentiment was in the run-up to WWIII, both the Chinese and the south Korean would have been APESHIT over the Russians invasion. Even Taiwan, in my view, would have been overwhelming pro-China in 1995.
With the outbreak of WWIII, whatever desire there was to remain neutral, everyone was going to make a choice. As I see things -
Philippines - China-US with the US back in the country using Subic and Marine units in China and Japan.
Vietnam - USSR but essentially out of the war by 1997
Australia/New Zealand - US-China-NATO with combat units in China and the Persian Gulf as well as a division in Europe
Japan - US-China-NATO with combat units and air units in both China and South Korea and some Spec Ops in Europe
South Korea - China - US
Taiwan - China - US
North Korea - USSR (seeing the USSR as the victor in 1996, they allow Russia to outflank Chinese defenses and attack from the China-Korean border, throwing in with the Russians and attacking into South Korea while the US was pre-occupied in Europe)
Thailand - pro-US-China neutral
Singapore - pro-US-China neutral
India - pro-USSR neutral
Cambodia - pro-China neutral
Pakistan - pro-US-China neutral
Malaysia - neutral
Indonesia - pro-USSR neutral, but at war with Australia
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