As we all know, China was divided after the Second World War between the Republic of China in the South with it's capital in Nanking and the People's Republic of China in the North with it's capital in Beijing. While South China would become a thriving democracy and one of the main Asian powerhouses along with Japan and the Federal Republic of India , North China remains one of the few hardline communist regimes on Earth as even after the USSR has liberalized, the PRC is notorious for it's extremely oppressive government, constant sabre-rattling (which has been backed up by nukes for quite a while), and shitty living standards. So, what would happen if China hadn't been divided between North and South? Would the Communists or the Nationalists be more likely to unite China under their rule?