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I've read that the loss of control by the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was both a factor in causing the Tienanmen Square demonstrations, and was also a factor in making the Chinese Communist Party decide to crack down hard on the demonstration and its subsequent aversion to allowing greater political plurality since.

So if the Soviet Union continues, and the Soviet Party maintains its monopoly on power, does that mean there's a real chance that the Chinese Party allows other political voices? Say, allows independents to stand for elected offices. Or even allows other political parties to form (or more realistically, to split off of the Communist Party) and contest elections with the Communist Party?

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