AHC: KMT Mainland Territories

Speaking of these guys, what about the possibility that in a "PRC collapses in a bloodless revolution in 1989" scenario that they (and the other larger "United Front" minor parties) develop into independent parties akin to how some "bloc parties" in the Eastern Bloc transitioned into independent political parties in the aftermath of 1989?
 
Lets say that this happens and the ChiComs accept it. Maybe Stalin is even more antagonistic toward Mao and decides to support a rump ROC as a way to check him.

How do we see this rump ROC developing? Its larger than historical Taiwan obviously, but its not like they’d be trying to develop all of China.

Well, I could see a similar ramping up of the same economic policies applied to post-1949 Taiwan IOTL. Apart from that - there's a lot of factors that would need to be taken into account. Politically I could see the KMT party-state/military dictatorship lasting for as long as it could until it finally has to open up (not the least because Hong Kong is next door). While the KMT would hope that the democratic transition would lead to something like Singapore now, the opposition would think rather differently.

It would be an interesting concept. Let me think about it more when I've fully recovered from shoveling about a foot of snow and then I'll get back to you here.
 
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