Where are you people getting this wingnut nonsense about the one child policy? Mao had nothing to do with it and probably wouldn't have supported it. The one child policy came about in the 80's.
Probably. To be honest, it's been so long that I have to reread certain parts of the posts to get reacquainted with the story and my plans for the TL. The map I posted earlier isn't necessarily canon and anything that isn't written is not set in stone yet.
On the subject of the US in Africa...
Part V: Release the Meese, part 1
...Meesetown, USA?...
Immediately upon electing a new President, the high and excitement of the election wore away. Political change had come and Civil War had been avoided. The average person could return to their daily lives as they knew it before for the...
Part IV: Rotterdam and Rumba
...The Rotterdam Connection...
Like most sprawling empires, the US and the Soviets had their respective 'spheres of influence' that were an interesting mix of national prestige project and black hole. Both also had serious ideological issues and national...
Part III: Some like it hot
The Presidential elections and concurrent congressional elections were clearly going to be hotly contested. Lots of money went into advertising and each major candidate spent several million dollars (mostly gained via small donations) on advertising. Even the Worker's...
Part II: The road to '87
Elections are trying times, especially for moribund and unpopular parties like the Labor Party. It didn't take many polls (a new science in America) conducted by the party to figure out that even with all of the restraints currently in place the party would still lose...
Thank you.
The Soviets are a different breed here, not nearly as moribund (oh boy do I love that word) as it was at this point historically. I don't have the Soviet's political history 100% planned out but the Soviet Union was founded later on than in OTL and is partially computerized which...
Part I: Machines and Resources
Of course in the span of almost 100 years, technology and culture had changed quite a bit. The world in 1986 is one of much cultural and technological diversity.
...The Machine...
Since the invention of the transistor in 1935 at Bell Labs, computer technology...
Curtain Call: The end of a one-party USA
"...and here comes the boys around the bend here, having just marched across the Happy Chandler Memorial Bridge. Most of this corps is made up of former workshy individuals or petty criminals who were reformed under the Spartan program..." - Christ...
Granddad Kim kept the Norks out of most of the China versus Soviet stuff and was basically isolationist except when they wanted to get crap from the Soviets. He also kept the lid on the pro-Chinese groups in the DPRK (both real and perceived) and this is something that the North Koreans have...