Scenarios about 'Mao Zedong'
The founding leader of the People's Republic of China who ruled from 1949 until his death in 1976, implementing radical communist policies through campaigns like the Great Leap Forward and Cultural Revolution. Mao's leadership transformed China from an agrarian society into an industrialized power, though his policies resulted in tens of millions of deaths through famine and political purges. In alternate history scenarios, different decisions by Mao or his absence altogether often dramatically reshape Cold War dynamics and China's developmental trajectory.
What If The Cultural Revolution Never Happened in China?
Exploring the alternate timeline where Mao Zedong never launched the devastating Cultural Revolution, potentially allowing China to take a different path toward development and modernization.
What If The Great Leap Forward Never Occurred?
Exploring the alternate timeline where Mao Zedong's catastrophic economic and social campaign never took place, potentially saving tens of millions of lives and dramatically altering China's development path.
What If The Korean War Ended With Korean Unification?
Exploring the alternate timeline where the Korean War concluded with a unified peninsula under Seoul's governance, fundamentally altering the geopolitical landscape of East Asia and the Cold War.
What If The Korean War Never Happened?
Exploring the alternate timeline where the Korean Peninsula avoided the devastating 1950-1953 conflict, potentially resulting in a dramatically different geopolitical landscape in East Asia and global Cold War dynamics.