He was a Lee Kwan Yew, only that his wife died in 1974 and things began spiralling out of control. He can remain a strongman up til today purely through democratic elections - more than possible.
He was a Lee Kwan Yew, only that his wife died in 1974 and things began spiralling out of control. He can remain a strongman up til today purely through democratic elections - more than possible.
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Perhaps, but remember that an entire half of the country hasn't exactly lived under his policies and so benefit very little from them thus far. But yeah, he seems to be a popular enough candidate minus the assassination and his descent into despotative madness.
I'm a bit surprised Deng didn't go ahead with pressing full claims on Hong Kong initially. His country's certainly in a well-enough position to try doing so, despite the relatively slower path to modernisation of the PLA. Is he making any other concessions to the UK, though, or is keeping Hong Kong, the Kowloon Peninsula and some of the Outlying Islands compensation enough for the British?
So what's the state of the bits China gets going to be? Will they be given direct rule by Beijing, or will they have autonomy through an arrangement like the SAR system before getting incorporated after a certain amount of time?
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Probably immediate integration because of the Constitutional Convention specifically setting out a new system the Hong Kongers will be fine with. Britain's handover to Hong Kong won't happen until 1989.
Who will succeed Deng ITTL? Is it Zhao Ziyang? Is it Hu Yaobang? I think these two would be the best contenders.
People of the Year (1949-1985)
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TIME MAGAZINE
"People" of the Year (1949 - 1985)
"People" of the Year (1949 - 1985)
1949: Winston Churchill - "Man of the Half Century"
1950: Georgy Zhukov - "The Great Marshal" [1]
1951: Mohammad Mossadegh
1952: Elizabeth II
1953: Zhu De - "China's Peacemaker" [2]
1954: John Foster Dulles - "Father of SEATO"
1955: Harlow Curtice
1956: Deng Xiaoping - "The Eastern Reformer" [3]
1957: Georgy Zhukov [4]
1958: Charles de Gaulle
1959: Estes Kefauver [5]
1960: U.S. Scientists
1961: Nelson Rockefeller [6]
1962: Hugh Gaitskell [7]
1963: Martin Luther King, Jr.
1964: Choe Chang-ik [8]
1965: Aisin-Gioro Puyi [9]
1966: "The Inheritor"
1967: Nelson Rockefeller [6]
1968: The Apollo 8 astronauts
1969: "Silent Majority"
1970: Willy Brandt
1971: Harold Stassen [10]
1972: Deng Xiaoping [11]
1973: Georgy Zhukov [12]
1974: Alexei Kosygin [13]
1975: Bao Dai [14]
1976: Henry M. Jackson (posthumous) & Terry Sanford [15]
1977: Steve Jobs [16]
1978: Deng Xiaoping [17]
1979: Harold Wilson [18]
1980: Park Chung Hee [19]
1981: Lech Wałęsa
1982: The Computer
1983: Terry Sanford [20]
1984: Nikolai Ryzhkov [21]
1985: Deng Xiaoping [22]
1950: Georgy Zhukov - "The Great Marshal" [1]
1951: Mohammad Mossadegh
1952: Elizabeth II
1953: Zhu De - "China's Peacemaker" [2]
1954: John Foster Dulles - "Father of SEATO"
1955: Harlow Curtice
1956: Deng Xiaoping - "The Eastern Reformer" [3]
1957: Georgy Zhukov [4]
1958: Charles de Gaulle
1959: Estes Kefauver [5]
1960: U.S. Scientists
1961: Nelson Rockefeller [6]
1962: Hugh Gaitskell [7]
1963: Martin Luther King, Jr.
1964: Choe Chang-ik [8]
1965: Aisin-Gioro Puyi [9]
1966: "The Inheritor"
1967: Nelson Rockefeller [6]
1968: The Apollo 8 astronauts
1969: "Silent Majority"
1970: Willy Brandt
1971: Harold Stassen [10]
1972: Deng Xiaoping [11]
1973: Georgy Zhukov [12]
1974: Alexei Kosygin [13]
1975: Bao Dai [14]
1976: Henry M. Jackson (posthumous) & Terry Sanford [15]
1977: Steve Jobs [16]
1978: Deng Xiaoping [17]
1979: Harold Wilson [18]
1980: Park Chung Hee [19]
1981: Lech Wałęsa
1982: The Computer
1983: Terry Sanford [20]
1984: Nikolai Ryzhkov [21]
1985: Deng Xiaoping [22]
Notes will come later.
Deng Xiaoping has a world record -- most times as Time Magazine's "Man of the Year/Person of the Year". Franklin Roosevelt was on it 3 times.
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You became Person of the Year after all!
In OTL they actually called it “Machine of the Year”, and needless to say it did go on the front cover.
Chapter VIII
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A history of Modern China
Constitutional Convention
(1985 - 1990)
A history of Modern China
Constitutional Convention
(1985 - 1990)
The Constitutional Convention was a collective of representatives from growing political factions in the People's Republic. The Communist Party of China, The People's Party of China were the primary leaders of the Convention; however, other parties joined into the new Convention; The CPC and the PPC had two members of the Convention each.
The Revolutionary Committee of the Kuomintang emerged as a further centre-left organization; primarily staffed by former Kuomintang leftists who did not escape to Taiwan during the Civil War, and remained behind. They had been primarily subservient to the Communist Party, but following the Deng administration, they were involved in the growing democratic movement across China; and their numbers were swelling with college students. The Revolutionary Committee was apportioned two delegates.
The Democratic League emerged as yet another political organization; this time sitting in between the People's Party (Democratic Socialist), and the Kuomintang (Centre-left); as the primary Social Democratic party in the Chinese state. The Democratic League was given a single delegate to the convention; as they were a much smaller party than the Revolutionary KMT.
The Pan-Blue Alliance emerged as China's predominant Conservative organization; primarily motivated by the affirmation to "Three Principles of the People", and anti-communist principles. They sought to facilitate the national proliferation through adherence to Western principles of capitalism and industrial advancement. They gained two seats, bringing the total to the 9 delegates.
While the People's Republic of China as is would not be dissolved, and in many cases, things were no different than they were under Xiaoping. However, the Constitutional Convention primarily dealt with the minutia of politics, and lifting limitations.
The first "liberalization" step in China was taken not by the Constitutional Convention, but private industry. In 1986, taking advantage of the temporary dissolution of the oppressive Communist state, a group of Chinese students in Beijing began to operate a pirate television station called "TV China", which reported on news, events and other things; claiming to be one of China's first "free press agencies".
The first broadcast was held on January 18, 1986, but was, however, suspended on January 19, 1986 after Beijing police arrested several students involved in the television broadcast; not for the TV broadcast itself, but for the fact that it was a pirate TV station. However, under an agreement from all members of the Constitutional Convention, the students were pardoned and given an official state-sanctioned broadcasting license. Wen Xiang, the leading student of TV China, issued a statement of thanks to the Convention, and TV China restored broadcasting on January 30, 1986.
In April 1986, the Soviet Union faced a crisis after the Chernobyl nuclear facility in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic suffered a catastrophic failure during a test of Reactor #4. The reactor ruptured, and highly radioactive materials were scattered into the neighboring Pripyat, and was of major concern to the Soviet Union's population.
China, the United States, Germany and other nations soon sent the Soviet government aid and assistance in cleaning up and preventing further contamination, which came of great benefit to everyone.
In mid-1986, the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China sat down and began negotiations of reunification; Taiwan and the Mainland had significantly fewer obstacles to unity now that the Communist state was all but defunct; and was closer to Sun Yat-sen's ideal China than anything else.
The negotiations of the two states were primarily superfluous; Taiwan was still undergoing democratization like the Mainland, and the Kuomintang was still a powerful faction in the Taiwanese state. The two states agreed to a stepping stone reunification plan, to be done by 1989; in time for the first Chinese democratic elections.
The lands of Hong Kong were handed over to the People's Republic on October 1, 1989; bringing to an end China's long-standing dispute with the United Kingdom over her territorial integrity; and shortly afterwards, the Republic of China ceased to exist, and was absorbed nominally into a "one state" China.
The first elections for China were held, and the whole world wondered who would win the elections...
The Revolutionary Committee of the Kuomintang emerged as a further centre-left organization; primarily staffed by former Kuomintang leftists who did not escape to Taiwan during the Civil War, and remained behind. They had been primarily subservient to the Communist Party, but following the Deng administration, they were involved in the growing democratic movement across China; and their numbers were swelling with college students. The Revolutionary Committee was apportioned two delegates.
The Democratic League emerged as yet another political organization; this time sitting in between the People's Party (Democratic Socialist), and the Kuomintang (Centre-left); as the primary Social Democratic party in the Chinese state. The Democratic League was given a single delegate to the convention; as they were a much smaller party than the Revolutionary KMT.
The Pan-Blue Alliance emerged as China's predominant Conservative organization; primarily motivated by the affirmation to "Three Principles of the People", and anti-communist principles. They sought to facilitate the national proliferation through adherence to Western principles of capitalism and industrial advancement. They gained two seats, bringing the total to the 9 delegates.
While the People's Republic of China as is would not be dissolved, and in many cases, things were no different than they were under Xiaoping. However, the Constitutional Convention primarily dealt with the minutia of politics, and lifting limitations.
The first "liberalization" step in China was taken not by the Constitutional Convention, but private industry. In 1986, taking advantage of the temporary dissolution of the oppressive Communist state, a group of Chinese students in Beijing began to operate a pirate television station called "TV China", which reported on news, events and other things; claiming to be one of China's first "free press agencies".
The first broadcast was held on January 18, 1986, but was, however, suspended on January 19, 1986 after Beijing police arrested several students involved in the television broadcast; not for the TV broadcast itself, but for the fact that it was a pirate TV station. However, under an agreement from all members of the Constitutional Convention, the students were pardoned and given an official state-sanctioned broadcasting license. Wen Xiang, the leading student of TV China, issued a statement of thanks to the Convention, and TV China restored broadcasting on January 30, 1986.
In April 1986, the Soviet Union faced a crisis after the Chernobyl nuclear facility in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic suffered a catastrophic failure during a test of Reactor #4. The reactor ruptured, and highly radioactive materials were scattered into the neighboring Pripyat, and was of major concern to the Soviet Union's population.
China, the United States, Germany and other nations soon sent the Soviet government aid and assistance in cleaning up and preventing further contamination, which came of great benefit to everyone.
In mid-1986, the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China sat down and began negotiations of reunification; Taiwan and the Mainland had significantly fewer obstacles to unity now that the Communist state was all but defunct; and was closer to Sun Yat-sen's ideal China than anything else.
The negotiations of the two states were primarily superfluous; Taiwan was still undergoing democratization like the Mainland, and the Kuomintang was still a powerful faction in the Taiwanese state. The two states agreed to a stepping stone reunification plan, to be done by 1989; in time for the first Chinese democratic elections.
The lands of Hong Kong were handed over to the People's Republic on October 1, 1989; bringing to an end China's long-standing dispute with the United Kingdom over her territorial integrity; and shortly afterwards, the Republic of China ceased to exist, and was absorbed nominally into a "one state" China.
The first elections for China were held, and the whole world wondered who would win the elections...
World Map 1990
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This is the world at the time of the dissolution of the German Democratic Republic in 1990. The People's Republic of China has been re-established and is a much stronger world power; now traditionally considered "nearly on par with the Soviet Union" in terms of strength, and represents a strong third-pole in the global stage. It is believed that several states will join the Beijing Pact by the end of 1999.
Beijing Pact
- People's Republic of China (leader)
- Empire of Vietnam
- People's Republic of Khmer
- People's Republic of Myanmar
- People's Republic of Bangladesh
- Democratic People's Republic of Albania
- Communist rebels in Peru (unoff.)
- People's Republic of Korea (unoff./observer)
- Communist rebels in Nepal (unoff.)
- Communist rebels in India (unoff.)
Warsaw Pact
- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (leader)
- People's Republic of Poland
- People's Republic of Hungary
- Democratic Republic of Romania
- People's Republic of Bulgaria
- Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
- Czechoslovakian Socialist Republic
- Mozambique (unoff.)
- Congo - NOT ZAIRE (unoff.)
- Nicaragua (unoff.)
- Communist rebels in Colombia (unoff.)
- Cuba (unoff.)
- People's Republic of Korea (unoff/observer)
NATO is the usual suspects, not much has changed in that light. South Africa's influence has sustained and apartheid still carries on; Rhodesia has survived to 1990, but even the white majority government is chafing under South Africa's rule; and the Rhodesians are in back-door negotiations to establish a proper democracy in the state and get rid of South African influence. With the more militant black liberation groups having been vanquished, the Rhodesian government is negotiating with much more moderate organizations; not that it has made anything better.
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Cool!
How's Bangladesh doing right now, how are they dealing with the overpopulation and flooding problems?
Things are... complicated; honestly... I am wondering about something though. Something that might... be of use... hmm.