Thirdly, all the men in power in the armed forces belong to same 'Maoist' or centre political tendency. and despite the absence of internationalism in the higher bodies of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), there is no tendency aiming to restore capitalism.
long term, however, danger of such conflict does exist. Since they lack the resources to solve the problems of poverty and underdevelopment and have abandoned an internationalist perspective, the leaders of the CCP are forced to turn either to the Soviet Union or to the United States for help. They have already tried the former, with very unpleasant results. Since the early 1970's, the USA has been the object of China's diplomatic attentions.
For the CCP leaders and the 'radicals' in particular, this is what is known as 'exploiting the contradictions of the enemy, They claim that this has no effect on their radicalism' on the domestic front, but it is a principle of Marxism that foreign policy is a continuation of domestic policy, and vice versa.
Collaboration with the leaders of world reaction is sooner or later bound to have an eftect within China, pushing domestic policies further to the right and facilitating the emergence of a group genuinely interested in the restoration of capitalism. Under such conditions a civil war launched by the rightists would loom imminent.
In an attempt to forestall such a possibility, the new leaders of the CCP will probably attempt to improve relations with the Soviet Union while continuing the policy of 'normalisation' with the US - although the prospect of a return to the situation prior to the Sino-Soviet split is unlikely.
As for who will win the present factional struggle in the CCP,