Russia, 1917 comes to mind.
Perhaps you can explain to me how China is going to be making all of these big strategic waves on the international scene AND have enough troops to keep the lid on at home.
The ENTIRE ChiCom army would be outnumbered 1,000-1 by starving peasants looking to cook Private ChiCom for dinner. (Hey, he's Atkins-friendly).
Note that much of the Army would be deployed to combat zones, leaving that much fewer troops available for domestic-head-busting.
Perhaps you can explain to me how China is going to be making all of these big strategic waves on the international scene AND have enough troops to keep the lid on at home.
A 100 million man army.
Your entire scenario is based on a starving chinese population. I don't see it.
And what is killing millions of people to Communists?...its nothing, they do it before breakfast.