Sino-Korean War

The Sino-Korean War was a military conflict that occurred in 2029, between the People's Republic of China and North Korea. The conflict traces its origins all the way back to 2025, following a violent coup within the Chinese government that led to a new military junta government taking power in China. As part of a series of "cultural reforms", the new Chinese government announced that it would be ceasing all relations with North Korea, with the new government seeing North Korea as a burden and a "parasite" that was better off being abandoned. North Korea retaliated by launching a series of attacks on China to bully the nation into reconsidering its abandonment of North Korea, which led to China declaring war on and invading the hermit nation of North Korea, reversing course on its decision to leave North Korea to collapse. 
== Background ==
By 2021, China faced internal division over what to do with North Korea, with many in the Chinese government forming the belief that North Korea should be abandoned to its eventual collapse. By 2023, internal forces within the Chinese government led China to believe that North Korea was a burden to the country and that it should be left to die.
China made its decision on New Year's Day, 2025. After a violent coup against the Chinese President, a now anti-North Korean government took power in China and announced that it would be formally ending all relations with North Korea, demanding that all North Korean ambassadors to China leave the country within 72 hours or face either arrest or execution, in addition to Kim Jong-Un himself being declared persona non grata.
The move was met with skepticism from the international community, with many doubting that the new Chinese government would do such a thing against its neighbor. The news was especially alarming to Russia, North Korea's other neighbor.
However, the world realized China was serious about its new mission when Kim Jong-Un publicly denounced China for its abrupt cessation of relations with the hermit country, demanding the Chinese government reconsider its actions, or face "severe consequences."
In a bid to intimidate China, Kim Jong-Un commissioned the Korean People's Army Navy to send its latest submarine Hero Kim Kun Ok on a voyage to the South China Sea with the intention of intimidating and/or pressuring the new Chinese government to reconsider.
Once inside the South China Sea, the crew of Hero Kim Kun Ok launched an ICBM over China, as a show of force. They then detonated the missile over Shanxi Province, China, triggering an EMP that plunged large areas of the nation and neighboring countries into darkness. The blast radius included the Chinese provinces of Shanxi, Shandong, Heibei, Laoning, Jilin, Jiangsu, Zheijang, Shanxi, Henan, Fujian, and parts of Heilongjiang. The EMP also affected parts of Siberia, and the southern portion of Japan, much to the outrage of the Japanese and Russian governments.
China retaliated by issuing an ultimatum to North Korea: "Leave us alone, or expect the wrath of the Dragon." Translation: Back off or expect military action.
From 2025 to 2026, North Korea refused to concede, continuing to intimidate China into reconsidering its abandonment of the hermit country.
Then, in 2026, North Korea executed a cyberattack against the Chinese military that crippled its drone fleet. For China, this was the last straw. The Chinese government quietly mobilized its military for an invasion of North Korea, intending to annex the country and remove Kim Jong-Un from power, in a sudden reversal of its earlier pledge to abandon North Korea.
== Invasion of North Korea ==
On April 13, 2029, China executed a a series of orbital kinetic bombardments against military bases in North Korea using an orbital satellite weapon codenamed the Oriental Messenger.
Intending to cripple the Korean People's Army, the Oriental Messenger targeted Uiju Airfield, Panghyon Airport, Taechon Airfield, Kaech'on Airfield, Pukch'ang Airport, Changjin Air Force Base, Sakkanmol Missile Operating Base, and many others. The Chinese People's Liberation Army immediately followed up this surprise attack with a massive amphibious invasion of North Korea. 
Heavy fighting quickly engulfed the capital city of Pyongyang, which became the site of one of the bloodiest battles since the Battle of Stalingrad during World War II. Civilians and KPA forces alike waged both urban and guerilla warfare against the People's Liberation Army for months. Despite incurring casualties on both sides, the KPA's efforts were in vain. The entire country of North Korea fell to Chinese military occupation within a matter of days, with China creating a puppet state known as the Sino-Korean Federation, also known as the Chinese Federation of Occupied Korea. Kim Jong-Un and his entire family were publicly executed in front of the entire world, much to the horror and outrage of the North Korean population, which quickly swore revenge.
Despite having conquered the nation, North Korean resistance fighters, alongside scattered remnants of the Korean People's Army, continued to fight back against the Chinese military. The civilian resistance movement, seeking to avenge Kim Jong-Un's death, continuously launched guerrilla attacks against their Chinese occupiers. 
== Reactions ==
=== South Korea ===
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=== United States ===
While the United States of America publicly condemned the invasion of North Korea, many in the US government secretly celebrated the end of the Kim Regime in North Korea. The American public was divided, with many claiming that life under Chinese military occupation was no better than being brutally oppressed. 
=== Japan ===
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=== Russia ===
Russia condemned the Chinese invasion but because of its own economic woes thanks to the Russo-Ukrainian War, the Russians were unable to assist in repelling the invasion of North Korea.
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