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Not so much [[Dirty Communists]] here, although you will get [[Renegade Chinese]]. China becomes a rich, well-developed country, but still prone to torture and general international shadiness, although not on pre-79 levels. Many things are still [[Banned in China]], though usually available through bootlegged media. Also notice that since China has lately acquired a huge potential as a consumer market for Western media, it makes almost no business sense to offend their powerful censorship by casting China as the villain. |
Not so much [[Dirty Communists]] here, although you will get [[Renegade Chinese]]. China becomes a rich, well-developed country, but still prone to torture and general international shadiness, although not on pre-79 levels. Many things are still [[Banned in China]], though usually available through bootlegged media. Also notice that since China has lately acquired a huge potential as a consumer market for Western media, it makes almost no business sense to offend their powerful censorship by casting China as the villain. |
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Why 1979, you may ask? Though China did start to open to the world in 1972 after [[Richard Nixon]] visited China, [[Mao |
Why 1979, you may ask? Though China did start to open to the world in 1972 after [[Richard Nixon]] visited China, [[Mao Zedong]] had a stranglehold on power until his death in 1976, and supported the most radical politics in China. Immediately after he died, those radical elements were arrested, and Deng Xiaoping made a grab for control of the Party. The economic reforms he implemented starting in 1978 turned China from a sclerotic command economy into a supercharged powerhouse. |
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Sometimes, Red [[China Takes Over the World]]. |
Sometimes, Red [[China Takes Over the World]]. |