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How China Became Communist (And Why It Almost Didn't)

Long-form11:32EducationPublished May 20, 2026, 3:18 PM · 5mo ago
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5.3%
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Likes
453
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109
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Description

What if China never went Communist?! What if one general had just... ordered a retreat, preventing Mao Zedong from taking power before it ever happened. In this video, we explore an alternate timeline where the Chinese Civil War went the other way, and changed world history in ways nobody saw coming... 🎬 Subscribe for more alternate history: http://www.youtube.com/@AlterHistoryOfficial Thank you for watching! Copyright disclaimer - We do not give anyone permission to translate and/or reupload our videos or designs on YouTube or other social media platforms. Map courtesy of NASA Observatory Music by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com/) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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