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Just thought that I will introduce an alternate history story that just got published in Hong Kong recently and hasn't had an English translations yet:
Link in Chinese:
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20151102/c02sino-chan/zh-hant/
Basically, the novel explores an alternate timeline in a China under nationalist rule, after a Nationalist victory in the Chinese Civil War. I haven't read the novel yet, but here are some small preview that were included in the novel:
(1) The Civil still ends in 1949, with most of the CCP leadership either killed, or flee into exile to the USSR
(2) By later 1979, the ROC would be under the second year of Chiang Ching-kuo's presidency, with Tibet still being a quasi independent state under the Dalai Lama's feudal rule
(3) The ROC is close ally of the United States throughout the Cold War, with an export based economy to the Western world greatly developing the industrial and economic capacity of the coastal cities starting right after the end of the Civil War.
(4) The 'Republic' will be highly authoritarian and rules though an iron fist. The influence of the Triads and other organized criminal organizations will be much more powerful compared to OTL. Political opposition (both leftist and liberals) will at best be ignored, or at worst be violently suppressed.
(5) Land reforms will take place after the Civil War in order to remove the rural population's support toward communism, with the large landowner's estates being nationalized, but in exchange, they will be given stock and shares of state supported corporations, forcing them to turn from agrarian land owners to capitalist in an industrialized economy.
(6) By 1968, the novelist and dramatist Lao She would become the first Chinese citizen to won the Nobel Prize in Literature (the same year that Lao She committed suicide due to political persecution in OTL)
(7) The Korean War would still have happened, since Kim Il-sung's desire for a unified Korea under Communist rule was simply too strong for him to not act on it, even with the massive threat to his boarder.
Overall, China will be much like it is today, except, in the words of the author, 'Not have wasted decades running around aimlessly, paying a heavy humanitarian price, only to get to where the country shoiuld have gotten to 30 years ago anyway.'
So, for those interested, any thoughts of this ATL?
Link in Chinese:
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20151102/c02sino-chan/zh-hant/
Basically, the novel explores an alternate timeline in a China under nationalist rule, after a Nationalist victory in the Chinese Civil War. I haven't read the novel yet, but here are some small preview that were included in the novel:
(1) The Civil still ends in 1949, with most of the CCP leadership either killed, or flee into exile to the USSR
(2) By later 1979, the ROC would be under the second year of Chiang Ching-kuo's presidency, with Tibet still being a quasi independent state under the Dalai Lama's feudal rule
(3) The ROC is close ally of the United States throughout the Cold War, with an export based economy to the Western world greatly developing the industrial and economic capacity of the coastal cities starting right after the end of the Civil War.
(4) The 'Republic' will be highly authoritarian and rules though an iron fist. The influence of the Triads and other organized criminal organizations will be much more powerful compared to OTL. Political opposition (both leftist and liberals) will at best be ignored, or at worst be violently suppressed.
(5) Land reforms will take place after the Civil War in order to remove the rural population's support toward communism, with the large landowner's estates being nationalized, but in exchange, they will be given stock and shares of state supported corporations, forcing them to turn from agrarian land owners to capitalist in an industrialized economy.
(6) By 1968, the novelist and dramatist Lao She would become the first Chinese citizen to won the Nobel Prize in Literature (the same year that Lao She committed suicide due to political persecution in OTL)
(7) The Korean War would still have happened, since Kim Il-sung's desire for a unified Korea under Communist rule was simply too strong for him to not act on it, even with the massive threat to his boarder.
Overall, China will be much like it is today, except, in the words of the author, 'Not have wasted decades running around aimlessly, paying a heavy humanitarian price, only to get to where the country shoiuld have gotten to 30 years ago anyway.'
So, for those interested, any thoughts of this ATL?