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Now, IOTL, Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai were both among the many upper CCP officials killed during the Battle of Yan'an. This is often said to have been the point when the CCP was doomed, as their leadership, decapitated, fell to Chiang's forces within a decade, but what if Mao and Zhao hadn't been among the dead? Might the CCP have gained control of China? How would this affect the rise of the Chinese "Asian Partnership' during the Cold War? The Korean War might also be affected, and, from there, it might even impact events in American politics, such as the fall of the Republican Party form prominence. Your thoughts?
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