Two China in the cold war.

What if,as a consequence of Mao and Ciù En-lai death before 1945,
the communists did not conquered all the China but only a part?
So we have two Chinese State during the cold war,like West and East Germany,North and South Korea,North and South Vietnam.
And if without Mao,the Red China was more dependent (politically) by Moscow,and had entered in the Warsaw pact?
Effect on USA of this situation:
(Korean conflict,
McCarthysm,
Presidential election of 1952,
Vietnam war)?
Possible also that in late 50-60s Nationalist China become a economic giant,like Federal German in OTL?

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Why is Tibet independent on the map? What is with this bizarre but strangely common idea that the KMT, by virtue of not being the CCP, were friendly angels who above all else loved America and the right to self-determination? Hell, the KMT tended to be rather friendly with the USSR back when they controlled most of China, sometimes even friendlier with the CCP. If, after the death of Stalin, Khrushchev still takes power, the KMT might end up getting more Soviet backing than the CCP. If Mao doesn't cozy up with the Americans fast, the KMT might have an opportunity to unify China once more, assuming they can get their act together for once.
 
The ROC renounced its claims over Outer Mongolia and Tuva in 1945 and reasserted them after losing the civil war. I think they'd do the same here in retaliation for Soviet support for the PRC. The Soviet might respond by provoking Mongol irredentism against the ROC.

There's also the issue of the 2nd East Turkestan Republic, which at the time was a pro-Soviet quasi-independent state in northern Sinkiang. In this scenario it would be either recognized as independent (by the USSR, that is) or incorporated into the distant PRC.

I think you should place Beijing and Tientsin in the PRC to make it more... Chinese. And to balance the sides a bit.

Now personally, I don't think a Chinese split in that manner is a very likely one. The Nationalists could have bought Soviet acquiescence to their complete victory with all sorts of concessions in Manchuria and Sinkiang. Even the OTL split is an unlikely one, the result of the Korean War starting off before Mao had a chance to invade Taiwan. The only way I could see this scenario happening is if, out of unexplainable stupidity, the US decides to intervene in the Chinese Civil War on the KMT side just as they're pushing up north and winning. Would a Republican or a different Democrat (Byrnes, Douglas) be more likely to intervene than Truman?

If Mao doesn't cozy up with the Americans fast, the KMT might have an opportunity to unify China once more, assuming they can get their act together for once.

The OP mentioned Mao dying.
 
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