Another Chinese Civil War post 1949

Anyway you could get a other Chinese civil war post 1949

What time period would a second civil war be most likely

What would be the impact of this
 
Some people have said that the Cultural Revolution would qualify if there were more active and organised opposition to Mao
 
How successful would the coup plotters be in gaining support and from which areas of China ?
Given that the coup was supposed to be in support of Lin Biao, at the time Mao's second in command and one of the foremost heroes of the Chinese Revolution, I'd assume a significant portion of the army would side with the coup on the basis of personal loyalty or admiration. The plotter's power base was in the south, though I'm not sure what that would actually translate to, I don't think this civil war would split the country neatly along regional boundaries like America's. Also As Lin Biao did try to seek refuge in the USSR I think it's safe to assume that they would seek Soviet assistance should a civil war break out.
 

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The Red Guard were factionalised into Old Red Guards, conservative Red Guards, rebel Red Guards and ultra-left Red Guards.

The Old Red Guards were the initiators of the Red Guard movement. They mainly attacked the intellectuals, overthrown ‘class enemies’ and some leaders in the educational and cultural fields. The core members of the Old Red Guards were children of leaders. They stressed their red family background and strove for political and social superiority and privilege.

The conservative Red Guards followed the example of the Old Red Guards but depended on and defended the local Party's leadership.

The rebel Red Guards mainly attacked the power holders and the organs of the Party and government. They came from the social groups that had been out of power. In politics, they relied on the support of Mao and the left wing of the Party.

The ultraleft Red Guards negated and criticized the political leadership and the existing system as a whole.

Without a unified military to stamp them out or a leadership struggle resulting in unclear hierarchy with each group only taking orders from who they wanted to.

Through in a CIA/Indian backed Tibet, Soviet intervention in East Turkestan and a Nationalist invasion in the south, China could enter a second warlord era.
 
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