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We’d likely see the same kind of rollback of the Cultural Revolution that we saw OTL in the late 70’s, though maybe a bit slowly at first. So the education system is rebuilt, purged officials are rehabilitated, there’s a push for more discipline and modernization in industry/infrastructure, etc...

Sure, that's a good place to start. And if you deprive the communists of a strong leader (off the top of my head, maybe a convenient plane crash takes out Mao and Zhou Enlai on the way to Chongqing in 1945), you could further split them up into two more Chinas -- a Soviet satellite and a more...

As of the late 70's, they also made a fair amount of money through trade with Hong Kong and through a number of state-run banks operating there. So in a scenario where post-Mao China neither reforms nor goes off the Maoist deep end, I could see plenty of benefits to China leaving Hong Kong...

Count me in for Rock of Peter. Who doesn't love a good schism? :D

不是。是美国人。 Yes, in many places, local communities have taken it upon themselves to make these kinds of changes, and while the official line clearly frowns on this, in most places the authorities don’t have the coercive means to effectively clamp down. And in some parts of the country (Sichuan...

Maybe one or two protesters has said something like "What we have now is even worse than the KMT!" but yes, pretty much bollocks.

NARRATION: While the protests had begun in criticism of the war in Vietnam, they quickly became a forum for a wide range of people to voice the countless frustrations and discontent that they had nurtured for years in silence. They called for higher wages, a relaxation of censorship, and the...

The current situation in the Chinese People’s Republic is clear proof that the Chinese people earnestly desire peace and have deep affection for their fellow Asians and brother socialists, and wholeheartedly reject the paper-thin pretexts of the ruling clique in Beijing. As new details on the...

Thanks! And Fear, Loathing, and Gumbo fans can expect to see Mao Yuanxin make a cameo appearance before too long.

In a previous thread back in 2008 (https://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=100252), somebody proposed the following: I'm not sure if I agree, but it's an interesting suggestion.

Perhaps China could join COMECON in the hopes of playing a larger role in the communist bloc and establishing a foothold for becoming a second pole to counterbalance the Soviet Union? This might also be a preferable idea for the sake of downplaying the big brother/little brother relationship...

Wait, what?

But didn't a number of them continue to pursue their own aims and exercise control independent of the KMT/Chiang command structure? And there were plenty of bureaurcatic types high up in the KMT hierarchy who ran their own cliques that weren't really under Chiang's control either.

I lol'ed. Twice. :D

*vigorous, enthusiastic nods of agreement while anxiously refreshing the page*

Thanks for reading – it’s good to have you along! And thank you for your kind words, as well (I’m glad to hear I’m doing something right!:rolleyes:). And don’t worry, we haven’t seen the last of Jiang Qing. I agree with Steve here: that would be an awfully risky strategy, as tempting as...

Well, I'm not sorry at all for this bump! :p (Hope all's well with you, Lord Roem, and that it is nothing less than unbridled success in the real world which is keeping you away)

I think this new style would be a good addition to the TL. The episode is very well-written, and it really builds up the suspense while you're waiting to get to what you just know will be a really wacko conclusion. My only suggestion would be to segment it into smaller paragraphs, to make it a...

Sorry for the delay in new updates. I'll be sure to have something up in the next few days addressing some of the questions that people have been raising: background to the food shortage, US/USSR/Taiwan reactions, repercussions of the South China unrest in Xinjiang and other parts of the...

Lol, good one! Hmm, intriguing. Nice job with the foreshadowing embedded within the title. I'll definitely be interested to see what number three turns out to be.