What would the world be like today if the People's Republic of China had survived past 1989? We've all heard the stories about the split in opinion on how to deal with the Tienanmen Square protesters and how it went straight up the chain of command, from the ranks of the military to Li Peng and Zhao Ziyang. In OTL the differences between the leaders of the Communist Party ended up being catastrophic, leading to the military receiving contradictory orders that led up to the various pro- and anti-Communism massacres across mainland China. Finally, we can't forget what many historians now see as the death knell of the PRC: the 38th Army and other units of the local PLA defecting and defending Tienanmen Square against their erstwhile comrades.
So what would the world look like today if the PRC still existed?
(OOC: This POD revolves around the intelligence that the US reportedly had on the protests at the time, which painted a picture that, debatably, ended up being markedly different than what actually went on in China.)
So what would the world look like today if the PRC still existed?
(OOC: This POD revolves around the intelligence that the US reportedly had on the protests at the time, which painted a picture that, debatably, ended up being markedly different than what actually went on in China.)