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In the 1950s the Chinese Communist Party had 3 visions for developing the economy:

Mao-Stalinist collectivization

Chen Yun-Bukharinite view of developing market relations in the countryside, like NEP

Zhou Enlai-The Yugoslavia model applied to China

In otl Mao won and collectivization and the Great Leap Forward disasters followed. What if Mao right after the Korean War conveniently drowns while swimming? Say Zhou and Chen Yun's plans are carried out. Chen Yun's reforms looked superficially like Deng's 1980s reforms. How does China do and what does the world look like?
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