[QqqUOTE="RousseauX, post: 16585978, member: 37395"]The problem I think with the idea of a non-Communist China being same as South Korea or Taiwan is that neither has a big interior to develop
The population of Jiangsu province alone is basically South Korea+ Taiwan put together and has a gdp per capita of $27,000 in real terms which is almost identitical to SK (also around $27,000) today. So insofar you are talking about places which look geographically like Taiwan or Korea (coastal), it's already developed up to their standard OTL.
Minorish nitpick. Both Taiwan and South Korea have substantially higher per capita GDPs than $27,000, particularly Taiwan. ROK is above $40,000 and Taiwan is approaching $50,000 (PPP).