King Helü of Wu
Banned
1954 seemed to be the watershed between Mao's most "achievements" and "wrongdoings'. The civil war was won and the "Imperialists" expelled from China, the Korean War a favorable draw, the land was distributed to the peasants, and there was a economic boom was happening in both public and private sectors.
On the other hand, most of his ruinous economic/political campaigns has not yet been carried out, and a death at this point of time would have made him a "flawless" hero in the eyes of many.
Let's assume the POD be that Gao Gang, a party official who was purged and took his own life in 1954, somehow decided to assassinate Mao in an desperate attempt to save his own life. The plot succeeded in killing the Chairman but resulted in an even greater purge against Gao's faction.
(The OTL 1954 event was controversial. Mao might have used Gao to attack Liu Shaoqi, or that the incident was directed against Gao himself for being closer to the soviets than the CCP leadership was.)
Let's say the NTL incident resulted in a purge in a number of CCP cadres "too close to Moscow", what will happen next?
How intense the struggles for the kingship might be?? Who would be the one in power ultimately? Liu Shaoqi for being the official heir? or Lin Biao for being cunning the OTL? or yet Deng Xiaoping who had both military and admin experiences? (Mao's son Anying was killed in Korea, and Zhou Enlai might be more of a diplomat and premier than a leader.)
And what kind of political, diplomatic and economic policies might be carried out? Would there still be a collectivization (most probably)? Would the Sino-Soviet Split still take place? If the split still did, what TYPE of split it might me? The best, of cuz, would be that both East and West wooing the Middle Kingdom, but how would that be achieved?
The economy would definitely be in a better shape than IOTL but would that eliminate the need for market reform? Or would the state-owned businesses try to learn the experiences from Taiwan and HK like IOTL GDR?
Talking about Taiwan. How would a Mao-less China affect inter-strait relationship and how would that shape both the PRC and ROC
DPeople from Hainan Island may protest the use of "Mainland" for PRC since the are from PRC but not the Mainland
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Finally, would the NTL PRC butterfly away the collapse of communism? Or would PRC also collapse due to a lack of market reform in an overtly successful planned economy.
Bonus for how culture of China might look like without so may purges and the Cultural Revolution.
On the other hand, most of his ruinous economic/political campaigns has not yet been carried out, and a death at this point of time would have made him a "flawless" hero in the eyes of many.
Let's assume the POD be that Gao Gang, a party official who was purged and took his own life in 1954, somehow decided to assassinate Mao in an desperate attempt to save his own life. The plot succeeded in killing the Chairman but resulted in an even greater purge against Gao's faction.
(The OTL 1954 event was controversial. Mao might have used Gao to attack Liu Shaoqi, or that the incident was directed against Gao himself for being closer to the soviets than the CCP leadership was.)
Let's say the NTL incident resulted in a purge in a number of CCP cadres "too close to Moscow", what will happen next?
How intense the struggles for the kingship might be?? Who would be the one in power ultimately? Liu Shaoqi for being the official heir? or Lin Biao for being cunning the OTL? or yet Deng Xiaoping who had both military and admin experiences? (Mao's son Anying was killed in Korea, and Zhou Enlai might be more of a diplomat and premier than a leader.)
And what kind of political, diplomatic and economic policies might be carried out? Would there still be a collectivization (most probably)? Would the Sino-Soviet Split still take place? If the split still did, what TYPE of split it might me? The best, of cuz, would be that both East and West wooing the Middle Kingdom, but how would that be achieved?
The economy would definitely be in a better shape than IOTL but would that eliminate the need for market reform? Or would the state-owned businesses try to learn the experiences from Taiwan and HK like IOTL GDR?
Talking about Taiwan. How would a Mao-less China affect inter-strait relationship and how would that shape both the PRC and ROC
Finally, would the NTL PRC butterfly away the collapse of communism? Or would PRC also collapse due to a lack of market reform in an overtly successful planned economy.
Bonus for how culture of China might look like without so may purges and the Cultural Revolution.