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What if Mao Zedong dies early. Lets say he dies of a heart attack in 1955. By now the communist party is firmly in power and even with Mao's death that will probably not change. The power struggle won't be enough to give the nationalists another chance. On the other hand this is well before the Great Leap Forward which wreaked havoc on the Chinese economy. It is also before the Sino-Soviet split which occured in the late 50s. Wo will succeed him? What will China be like today?