They would need to come up with something or face stagnation and unrest. They had a Soviet collectivization of agriculture level task ahead of them and the party was not as strong as the party in the Soviet Union was in the 20s and 30s. The cultural revolution had seriously weakened them.
I don't know enough to say how precarious the situation was exactly. Maybe they could have powered through it, maybe the US would have smelled weakness and blown the whole thing up, idk.
The Dengist reforms worked so well I don't think there was any alternative course of action that would have lead to half as much success.
They would need to come up with something or face stagnation and unrest. They had a Soviet collectivization of agriculture level task ahead of them and the party was not as strong as the party in the Soviet Union was in the 20s and 30s. The cultural revolution had seriously weakened them.
I don't know enough to say how precarious the situation was exactly. Maybe they could have powered through it, maybe the US would have smelled weakness and blown the whole thing up, idk.
The Dengist reforms worked so well I don't think there was any alternative course of action that would have lead to half as much success.