Scenarios about 'Zhao Ziyang'
A Chinese Communist Party leader who served as Premier (1980-1987) and General Secretary (1987-1989) during China's early economic reforms. Zhao advocated market-oriented policies and political liberalization before being purged and placed under house arrest until his death for opposing the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown. In alternate histories, his continued leadership often represents paths where China might have developed both economic and democratic reforms simultaneously.
What If China Democratized in the 1990s?
Exploring the alternate timeline where the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests led to successful democratic reforms in China, fundamentally altering the global economic and geopolitical landscape of the 21st century.