mao zedong

Hello everyone, I'm new to posting here. And I've been developing a timeline that involves a major event, a North-South China divide/continuation of the Chinese Civil war. From what I've got the TL has some significant key-events changed a few years before in the 40s and 50s, that lead to a...

https://www.scmp.com/article/626178/mao-offered-10m-women-trade-us So, what if Kissinger takes this as comedy and jokingly accepts, yet to his surprise shiploads of Chinese refugees begin swarming the west coast in the following months? How would the US respond? China wouldn't accept them...

Xiong Xianghui was a CCP spy who worked as a secretary to Hu Zongnan, one of the Nationalists' top generals, sending all sorts of important information regarding KMT moves to the Communist leadership. His biggest contribution to the Communist victory in the Chinese Civil War happened in early...

One known part of the Great Leap Forwards, specifically of the agricultural policies enacted by Mao, was the four posts campaign. Among the animals that were targeted into almost extinction, there are the Sparrows which, as it turns out, are essential for pest control in farming. The result is...

so I've been reading a few threads on what if Mao died and if Stalin lived another decade and so, I've come to ask everyone here this question - What if it was Mao, not Stalin, who died on that day in 1953. Who is his immediate successor? Is there a possible way for China to leap slowly but...

Mao Zedong was without a doubt one of the most important people in the history of modern China. He lead the Communists through much of the Chinese Civil War and became leader of China for 27 years. During his time as leader, tens of millions would die due to his terrible policies and ideas. This...

Mao Zedong's family photo, with his son Mao Anying standing at the center. 25 November 1950 Despite being the Chairman's favorite son, Mao Anying (毛岸英) did not choose to spend his days idly on the home front, far away from the horrors of war. Instead, he had volunteered to serve in the Korean...

IOTL the Sino-Soviet split had a huge impact on the Cold War, with the USSR having to contend with dissent in their own corner (which they couldn't brush off as easily as Tito), and the US courting China to counter Soviet influence. But what if the split didn't happen, or was delayed at least...

Much has been made of how Hitler and Stalin's boyhood experiences may have shaped how they grew up, but you don't hear much of this regarding Mao despite his own troubled youth. Mao Zedong's father, Mao Yichang, was a fairly prosperous farmer who also acted as a grain dealer and a moneylender...

what if US, Japan and Europeans Intervened in Chinese warlord era to keep China divided like they did to Boxer rebellion ? will it succeed? can they carve out satellite states out China

"Had Mao died in 1956, his achievements would have been immortal. Had he died in 1966, he would still have been a great man but flawed. But he died in 1976. Alas, what can one say?" These are the famous words of Chen Yun. And they got me wondering. What if Mao really had died in 1956? Who might...

RED AUGUSTUS: the Cultural Revolution as a global revolution timeline (Painting by Cheng Conglin) Raise high the great red flag of Mao Zedong Thought, unite the Party Central and Chairman Mao, and crush all kinds of restraints and subversive plots of revisionism; to eliminate resolutely...

I've heard people say that by 1945, Communist victory was inevitable. They usually contend that the Communists were very popular and that KMT corruption would have doomed their chances of victory regardless of any hypothetical changes in Nationalist strategy. Personally, I've been under the...

There have been a couple of "What if the Nationalists had won the Chinese Civil War?" threads over the past few weeks, but its been a while since there was one specifically discussing a non-communist China's economy, and its repercussions. A Chiang led China would have avoided the disastrous...

Recent writings of a RAW chief showed that India planned an invasion of Terai of Nepal in 1971 after Nepal formalized trade relations and military connections with the PRC. However due to Indira Gandhi's jingoistic attitude and the fairly small yet modern Nepali Army at the time, The Indian...

What if Mao, like Lenin before him, had died seven years after coming to power? How might this have altered the course Mainland China might've taken?

What if the Chinese intervention to save North Korea from the UN forces led by the United States causes huge tensions and this escalates into a war between the PRC and the USA. Nukes can be used for tactical use but this doesn’t escalate into WW3. American Alliance: United States Japan South...

In this TL, the point of divergence comes when Chiang Kai-shek ignores George Marshall's call for a cease-fire and continues the offensive against Mao and his Communists in Manchuria. Note: I have no Chinese-language skills whatsoever, so I am reliant upon Google Translate. If I make a mistake...

So, basically, what if the geopolitical divorce between the USSR and Maoist China in the late 1960's had actually escalated to war, rather than being isolated to a few border skirmishes? Which side would be most likely to win? From the looks of it, the PRC had a large army on paper, but i hear...

Mao Anying was Mao Zedong's only son who was either was dead or seriously disturbed. He was killed in the Korean War by U.S forces. Apparently, Anying may have had disagreements with his father over the Soviets, but I am unsure what kind of role he would play during the Cold War if he lived.