AHC: Avoid the Sino-Soviet Split

As it says in the title, what would keep the USSR and the PRC allies, even nominal ones?

Have Mao die at the same time as Stalin. His successor could be someone like Khrushchev, who begins the process of moving away from Totalitarianism and towards authoritarianism, and therefore avoids the ideological conflict between the two countries. Either that or have a hardcore Stalinist take over after Stalin, someone like Molotov. That would make Mao much happier with the USSR I think.

Granted, I think in the long term the alliance is infeasible as the USSR would be unwilling to be an equal partner with the Chinese, while the Chinese would eventually become insistent on it as reflecting their massive population and resource size.
 
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