The idea of this thread came from how well... horrible the two choices of China really are in the 20th century in regards to political choice. Considering it has the world largest population... that's a shame. Since I'm trying to find a more optimistic TL, I think this should be part of it.
Give China someone that is better than Mao and Chiang. But this isn't just a single leader, this also includes the entire party. Give China a better version of either the Communist or Nationalist factions(as I assume those are the available choices.) Qualities looked for in specific are,
1.
Anti-Corruption: None of the corruption issues that plagued the Nationalist Chinese faction. I'm not asking for no corruption, but it must be significantly better than Chiang's faction was.
2.
Military Competence: No, not on the level of defeating the Japanese, but enough that they can crush the Chinese warlords, among other things.
3.
Economic Competence: No Great Leap Forward, no famines, and so on. They must have economic policy that is good enough to prevent that sort of thing.
So, is this impossible? Or is there a way to give China a better option? Bonus points if they can defeat the Japanese in direct combat or similar. Now, get started!
