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I know, I know, there's basically no way China survives the blowback from Tienanmen, but I guess you could pick a POD earlier than that.

It just seems like the USSR was pretty boned when the wall came down and the Eastern Bloc dissolved, and all those people (and tanks) took the streets. It seems like if things were a bit different the thing could have folded completely like China did.

What would the world be like? Would this Russian Rump state be as revanchist as Beiyang, like would it still use the name USSR the way Beiyang still uses PRC? Would NATO extend even further west than East Germany or would it just cease to be relevant at all? Would this Super China have demanded Hong Kong, or maybe even parts of the old USSR?
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