South China War

The South China War, sometimes referred to as the Sino-NATO War, was a phase of the Second Pacific War and World War 3, fought between a Taiwanese and Filipino aligned coalition against China, Russia, North Korea and their allies. It begun after the Chinese launched a blockade and later invasion both of Taiwan and the Philippines following an increase of territorial and political tensions within the South China Sea during the Scorch War, leading to the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Japan and several other countries to intervene to defend the two states' sovereignty. The war ranged from the Vietnamese-Chinese border, to East China, the Koreas, and the Russo-Japanese border. 
Originally declared to be a "swift and bloodless operation", the war begun with a Chinese declaration of war and then landing in both Taiwan and the Philippines, with North Korea following suite to assist China. Following the initial invasion, a coalition was quickly gathered, launching a counter-offensive in the two states, effectively driving the Sino-Korean forces out in around 2 months. Naval skirmishes continued into the South Chinese Sea, as the coalition forces gradually would begin encircling China and would draw up plans for Operation Red painted Blue, in which the pro-Filipino and Taiwanese militaries would begin bombarding China from both the sky and sea. Meanwhile in the Koreas, Japan and South Korea would launch a ground-invasion of North Korea , successfully putting pressure off of the eastern and southern front, and deepening the coalition's strikes into China. 
Ground battles with mainland China would ensue with the famously devastating bombardment and siege of Hong Kong, weakening Chinese effort and tactical stability. Beijing would attempt to stir up counter-offensives in their struggle to defend from the increasingly quickening pace of the coalition's forces, though these'd be dropped with the Bauhinia Bloom revolution and 2027 East Turkestan Riots occurring in inner China. Too under immense pressure, North Korea would collapse and surrender to South Korean forces on the 15th of April 2028, further demoralising the Chinese. Vietnam and Malaysia would intervene in the conflict in mid-2028 in the dawn of the Chinese incursions of Vietnamese-Malaysian waters, both countries who had sworn to be left out of the conflict, but dragged in due to Beijing's desperation. 
In March of 2029, China would finally fall to their enemies following their defeat in the Battle of Fuyi when Xi Jingping would surrender and sign several armistices and peace treaties with their enemies. Fighting would end, with the coalition troops withdrawing and handing over their agreed territories to the consecutive participants. China would be demilitarised, and left economically, politically and structurally destroyed, building up to the Second Chinese Civil War (OscarTheN00B) in 2032. 
== Background ==
=== Chinese-Taiwanese Tensions ===
The Qing Dynasty was an empire that controlled all of modern-day China alongside countries such as Mongolia, that lasted from 1636 up until 1912 during the Century of humiliation. It fell in the Xinhai Revolution following deep-rooted colonial interference from countries such as France, Britain, Russia and Japan, alongside a string of devastating military defeats and rebellions that eventually dug the countries' grave. Replacing the late empire came the Republic of China, which encompassed roughly the same territories besides some that were dropped during the mid-1940s.
The country faced relative peace despite being politically divided between the weakened government and various regional warlords, which were dealt with in the 20s. Unfortunately, this peace ended in 1927 when the Chinese Civil War broke out between two parties within the Republic - the Chinese Soviet Republic, lead by Mao Zedong, and the Republic of China, lead by Chiang Kai-shek. The conflict's first phase lasted up until the 1930s as fighting paused when the Japanese invaded Manchuria. Later in 1937, they invaded further parts of China, initiating the Second Sino-Japanese War. The Sino-Japanese War quickly evolved into the Chinese being active in the Second World War, with the Chinese playing a significant part in the Pacific Front against the Japanese up until their surrender in 1946. The war had left both parties in the civil war drained and exhausted, yet fighting resumed once more due to a rise of political unrest, continuing the war for another 4 years, officially ending in 1950. The Communist Party would come out victorious, with Zedong and his forces occupying most of mainland China and kicking the Republicans out into Taiwan. 
Zedong would then proclaim and establish the People's Republic of China, while the Republicans would rebuild in Taiwan as the Republic of China. Following their retreat, both sides had exchanged skirmishes across their bordering strait, though neither had participated in a full-blown war since the failed landing in Kinmen until the beginning of the South China War. Both, however, had taken part in major operations around each other's coasts, fought as opposites in a range of proxy-wars and threatened the existance of one-another. 
As both side's leaders would be voted in and out, the two countries' relations would shift from negative to positive frequently, with Communist China believing in unification, while Taiwan believed in liberating and reconquering their former territory. Relations would begin to be impacted negatively into the 2000s, however, with Beijing increasing military operations and exercises around Taiwan, especially into the 2020s. This'd urge Taiwan to do the same, with their allies assisting them in defensive exercises, preparing for a possible invasion. This incredibly unstable stalemate would carry on further until the short-lived Scorch War, and the eventual Chinese Invasion of Taiwan. 
=== Chinese-Filipino Tensions ===
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