After realizing that there have been too many threads trying to avoid a Sino-Soviet split, I decided to ask the opposite: what if the PRC was anti-Soviet from its inception? What would it take to drive a wedge between the CCP and CCCP before 1949, yet still see the People's Republic of China formed? Or, barring that, if people think that's impossible, what if the Sino-Soviet split happened very early, like in the 1950s regarding the Korean War? How would the Cold War look from there?
WI: Anti-Soviet PRC from the very beginning or an earlier Sino-Soviet split?
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Considerng that Stalin was pressing the CCP to work with the KMT even post war, the CCP might consider the USSR as just another imperialist meddler or Stalin decides that Manchuria will make a nice buffert state (the USSR did recognize Manchuria in 1941) might upset the CCP enough to turn against Moscow
If Manchuria becomes an independent Soviet puppet, Mao's all but lost the war anyway.
I'm not sure I see why for any of these. While I'm sure the KGB is powerful and capable, it can't be everywhere at once. I'm also not convinced the USSR would invade China directly so soon after WW2, given how its priorities would naturally be focused on its own redevelopment, not foreign conflicts. As for the Nationalists, it doesn't matter if the USSR backs them, because that's not going to be enough for Jiang Jieshi to win.
Doesn't have to be Manchuria, all Stalin has to do is formerly declare Xinjiang an SSR in 1937 to alienate Chinese opinion. It's not that unlikely, since the Soviets already forced the Sheng Shicai to join the Soviet Communist Party and ruled the province directly through the Soviet Consulate in OTL.
Stalin tells Kim Il Sung to calm down. From the beginning Stalin and Mao were distrustful and paranoid about each other. No Korean War means CPC takes Taiwan, Chiang flees into exile, and the West start recognizing the PRC as a tactical ally against the Soviets.
Then figures like Liu Shaoqi and Deng Xiaoping would more easily advocate "national conditions" in developing socialism. Mao had already denounced Tito by then, but he could still remain as a Communist the west is happy to deal with.
Then figures like Liu Shaoqi and Deng Xiaoping would more easily advocate "national conditions" in developing socialism. Mao had already denounced Tito by then, but he could still remain as a Communist the west is happy to deal with.
I could see the second part where the West recognizes the PRC earlier, but does the PRC have the capability to take Taiwan at this time?