Second Chinese Civil War (Global Instability)

The Second Chinese Civil War was a civil conflict that took place in China from 2023 to 2028. It was a result of long-standing human rights abuses and unsustainable economic growth that had been conducted by the People's Republic of China (PRC), and separatist movements in many parts of the nation. The war involved three sides: the People's Republic of China (PRC), supported by Russia, the Philippines, Mongolia, and Iran, the Republic of China (ROC), supported by Korea, Japan, and Nepal, and various separatists in Tibet, Uyghurstan, and Manchuria, who were supported by many different nations. 
The PRC had been conducting human rights abuses and unsustainable economic growth for decades, resulting in workers performing back-breaking work for over 12 hours a day with little to no pay and the cities of China becoming horribly polluted. Following the Recession of 2021, the Chinese economy began to break down, and many citizens were out of work. Protests and even riots broke out in many parts of the nation, and were violently suppressed by Chinese authorities. The situation in China was seen as a humanitarian crisis by many nations. Many regions of China declared independence, and the ROC, who had decided that the situation could not be allowed, invaded the PRC. The forces of the PRC invaded the regions that had declared independence, engaging soldiers and even massacring civilians. 
The conflict continued for over five years, with constant territorial changes occurring. The PRC faced constant invasions by rebels and the ROC, and several attempted PRC invasions of Tibet, Uyghurstan, Manchuria, and Tibet were repelled. PRC forces struggled with the mountainous terrain of Tibet, the deserts of Uyghurstan, and the extreme climate of Manchuria, making it very difficult to invade, and rebels were able to secure their territory and occupy territory well beyond their borders in many cases. The PRC began to lose many key battles, and suffered significant losses in each one. On 16 June 2028, ROC forces captured Beijing, the capital of the PRC, and on 8 July, the last pockets of PRC resistance finally surrendered, ending the war. 
== Background ==
After the Chinese Civil War, the communist People's Republic of China (PRC) was established, and the government of the Republic of China (ROC) was driven to an island off the coast of mainland China known as Taiwan. Both governments claimed to be the rightful governments of China, and the PRC considered the island of Taiwan to be a "renegade province" of the nation. During the Maoist Great Leap Forward campaign of the 1950s, the nation was industrialized and transformed from primarily agrarian economy by peasant farmers into a modernized communist society through the process of agriculturalization and industrialization. As political stability of the nation was restored following the Cultural Revolution of the 1960s, a renewed drive for development was set in motion under Premier Zhou Enlai. 
== Course of the war ==
=== War breaks out (2023) ===
On 17 May 2023,
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