With a POD no earlier than 1970, eliminate Deng Xiaoping and his entire party of reformers and keep China a traditionally Maoist state up to the modern day.
China could not be another North Korea. It can't be sustainable without foreign aid. It would suddenly collapse overnight.
Could I have a link to that please Tony?Borderline ASB. China could not be another North Korea. It can't be sustainable without foreign aid. It would suddenly collapse overnight. Just read Drew's excellent TL, an exploration into a similar scenario where Mao the Lesser became leader of China following Mao Zedong's death. Even if the Gang of 4 won, it wouldn't really help at all. Not even Mao's crazy rule could stop opposition towards the Gang of Four. Remember the April Fifth Movement in 1976? China in 1976 could not possibly be sustainable. It was doomed to fail - either through reform or internal destruction.