China (19-canon)

**China** is alluded to in the *Rinnarverse* as one of four powers that competed for global domination in the years leading to World War III, the others being "America, Russia, and Arabia". Its methods in achieving the status of a superpower include propaganda against the two Americas, scientific research, manufacturing, military expansion, economic influence, and investment in various projects in foreign countries.

## History

### Early history

During the 20th century, China's people overthrew their age-old monarchy and established a republic, but it was torn apart by warlords. Their land was taken over by the Japanese Empire, who oppressed and slaughtered many Chinese people until they were forced to surrender after two nuclear bombs were dropped at their cities. Angered by the corruption of the republican government, many people turned towards the communists and helped them unite the country. However, the first leader of the communist state, Mao Zedong, forced his people to rapidly industrialise and produce more grain: his poor policies, worsened by famine and harsh punishments, led to many more deaths. Mao Zedong also launched a purge against various officials and dissidents to consolidate power and establish a personality cult afterwards. Near the end of his life, he sent his army to stop the purge from spiralling out of control.

Another leader, Deng Xiaoping, modernised China by switching its economy to a capitalist model. Aside from a riot at Beijing, later leaders enacted more policies that allowed China to become stronger and more developed.

In the 2020s, a plague emerged at central China. At first, the government tried to stop the viral plague, but tourists brought the virus to other countries until its spread across Earth within months. Due to incompetent policies by governments and irresponsible attitudes across the world, the plague raged on for four years, and a third of Earth's population was killed. China was less affected by the Plague, but the Plague took a twelfth of its population to the grave. Like every nation in the world, memorials to the victims of the Plague was built all over the country.

As Western countries refused to give vaccines sooner, other nations accused the West of "planned genocide", so they turned towards China and India. Although China and Russia produced more vaccines to protect people from the Plague, some people in the world hated China more due to it being the source of the Plague: they also believed that the government intentionally used the Plague to eliminate its enemies, or to catch up with biological warfare from America. As a result, India became the only nation to refer the Plague of 2020 as the "Chinese plague"; it was later joined by the American Federation and the pro-Purge nations of Europe out of nationalism.

Meanwhile, China underwent on various projects to build infrastructure in various less-developed nations, winning it the favour of many nations abroad. Encouraged by this and the country's stability and rising economy, more and more people in China supported their dictators as "defenders of the nation", gloating as China's economy surpassed America's economy.

### The Escalation Years

At the same time, later presidents of China attempted to consolidate power by assimilating minorities into the Han nationalist culture, after online users in China complained about "minority privilege". Even though the government improved infrastructure and education throughout the country (including in Tibet and Xinjiang), many attempts by the locals to preserve their culture were suppressed by the nationalist government. It was only after thirty years when another leader attempted to revive their customs.

With the division of America, many Americans migrated to Taiwan, seeking to defend it from Chinese attempts to annex the island. This led to occasional clashes between local Taiwanese and American nationalists: the Taiwanese were annoyed by the Americans' lack of politeness and occasional ranting in public.

In 2058, the Chinese were the first to establish a colony on the Moon: it was the Yugong Research Station.

When the American Federation seceded and declared war on the United States' government, one of its first acts was declaring war on China: for a while, it brought it closer to the nationalist regimes of Europe and India as an ally, before their relations went worse as the AF went closer into Christian fanaticism. The leaders of the AF accused China of manipulating the US government and blamed it for the Plague of 2020; in turn the US accused the AF of being manipulated by Russia and the pro-Purge regimes. As it led to mobs attacking local Asians and expelling them from the country, some Asian citizens joined the Libertine towns to defend themselves from the mobs. This resulted in the United States to establish closer relations with China out of spite against the AF.

When North Korea's government collapsed, the Chinese army intervened to stop the ensuing warlords, including a few Americans who went to North Korea to establish their own Juche governments. They also developed the fragile North Korean state as a bulwark against American influence, stemming the South Korean capture of more districts. As a result, the Republic of Joseon became more influenced by Mandarin Chinese culture.

In the 2200s, many countries across the Old World took up the A-Hadd serum to control their own populations. China instead funded the Vanque serum, a serum from its ally Cuba that alters the drinker's mind into losing their own selfishness and being more hardworking. It manufactured and exported the Vanque serum to its allies, seeking to "inoculate" them away from the influence of the A-Hadd serum and its rival America.

China was later attacked by two armies - the AntiDemov mobs (who turned against China after its government rejected them) and the Khamilad Order. The AntiDemov mobs were encouraged by the loss of freedoms in many countries as a result of the A-Hadd serum, and so they called for more acts of cruelty and personality cults in defiance to democracy and human rights activists. They also supported a certain hawkish politician in China, but they and their candidate were defeated and expelled from China.

With the advent of FTL travel in 2234, China sent several ships to Mars. As a result of FTL travel, inequality increased between the richer nations and the rest of the world, the latter of which missed out on the new resources gained by the Four Powers. China trades a portion of its resources to its allies to help them catch up with the spacefaring powers. It, Russia, and Arabia helped various nations fight the Global Court's exile of millions of impoverished people to Mars. The Western countries and India claimed that these nations did this to influence the world into serving them as "vassal-autocracies", rather than defending their independence. In fact, the Chinese government supported several strongmen to keep out Western influence and secure a network of allies for itself.

While the other powers started to use clones, China refused to use clones, as its leaders claimed that they had enough people. They only started cloning later as it was attacked by other cloned armies that went through Russia and Central Asia.

In the 24th century, China sent more colonists to the Milky Way, like the other powers of Earth.

In the 2730s, several groups were caught sending money to Akhand Bharat. At first, the rest of society considered it only as a donation for the poor, so it was overlooked. In reality, the group paid thousands of yuan to the Bharatian government and many other people in India and the West: it was done as an "apology" for various diplomatic incidents and the Plague of 2020. This angered nationalists in China, who accused the activist groups of "treason" and reported their acts to the government. Dozens of members were arrested, but several more fled to Akhand Bharat. In Akhand Bharat, some politicians welcomed and thanked them for their "compensation", while others attacked them simply for being Chinese. It was due to their newfound enemies in India that some of those Chinese converted to Hinduism to stop their anger.

Shortly afterwards, the Maharaja of Akhand Bharat offered the reestablishment of diplomatic relations with China. The Chinese angrily rejected his offer and demanded that he pay back what the activists had given to him, and by the suggestions of his supporters the Maharaja refused. For thirty years, the payments were never made, and the Chinese government left India alone. Online, the Bharatians and Westerners mocked the Chinese nationalists for being angry over the payments. Relations between China and Akhand Bharat were only normalised thirty years later with several payments, and then with the impeachment of the Maharaja.

As Taiwan collapsed due to infighting between an American warlord and the local dictator, the Chinese conquered the island.

### World War III

After centuries of stability under an iron fist and scientific advancement, China was taken over by warlike leaders, who took advantage of international threats to seize power and make China more militaristic. Like their rivals among the other Four Powers, they sought to unify the world under their authority, so they expanded in Central Asia and eastern Russia, but their attempts to control Southeast Asia were repelled. During the third leader's rule, he fought against the dictator of India for control of the Himalayas, and he sent his armies southwards to add India into his own empire. That leader styled himself as "Xin Qindi" (new Emperor of Qin). Just as his armies had breached into the north, they were repelled again.

After the fourth leader died, the country suffered from a schism within its government. Several leaders fought each other to become the next ruler of China, tearing the country apart in a civil war.

As Central Asia was torn between Arabian, Russian, and Chinese armies, the Russians and the Chinese fought alongside each other against the Arabian legions. Nonetheless, some Arabian soldiers managed to help some local guerillas capture a few settlements as the Republic of Turkestan.

Taking advantage of the instability in its rival, the armies of India marched north in the Himalayas after fending off Chinese assaults. The leaders of India and China fought each other over decreasing resources and a desire to build their own empires, envious of the Arabians' and Americans' success. The combined force of Indians and Vetarbroitar were on the verge of conquering Tibet and invading the Chinese heartland, but they were stopped by more Galactic armies that pushed them back.

China repelled several attempts by the Feddian fleets to invade and bomb the eastern shores.

Eventually, China was ruined by the Third World War, like the rest of the world. With the help of its space colonies, it was rebuilt and reorganised under a nationalist government, and it tried to fend off Arabian forces in the west and Indian forces in the south. Its armies were especially angered by the loss of Tibet and Xinjiang to the Indians, Feddian Americans, and Arabians. As soon as the foreign forces left to rebuild their ruined homelands, the Chinese armies seized control of as many towns as they could.

By the time the reconquest of Tibet and Xinjiang ended in a ceasefire, Mount Kailash remained firmly under Indian hands, and the autonomous government of the Tibetan areas occupied by India was abolished as these areas became fully integrated as a fortified province. On the other hand, China has taken over Primorsky Krai, Khabarovsk, and parts of Fuson during the reconstruction era after it failed to annex Mongolia.

The Chinese armies also defeated an American warlord who controlled a part of Xinjiang, driving his forces southwards where they formed their own isolated enclave.

### Earth Union era

The reformed Chinese state built its own energy shield to protect itself from the Earth Union's bombardments. It remained an economic and scientific stronghold in the millennium of Earth Union domination, with occasional tensions with India. Like the rest of the world, it was attacked by the Farsiders.

## Society

In the early 21st century, Chinese society had a bit of democracy, being in the form of direct elections of local leaders within the Communist Party. Encouraged by the technological and social progress of their country, their advancing infrastructure and their growing economy, the Chinese became more proud and arrogant. They do not accept any criticism of their country, especially from the Two Americas, Arabia, and India.

The people of this China are very proud of their country and their leaders. Like the other Four Powers, they expected the world to follow their system, with China as "the paragon of civilisation". Most of Chinese society prefers to use the massive wealth and power of their nation to make it the leader of the world, while a few sought to make it a military power to compete against the two Americas and its rival India.

Minorities in this China are allowed to practice their cultures. But over the years, Chinese users complained about "minority privilege", so later leaders of China imposed policies to assimilate minorities into Han culture. Some leaders adopted policies that promote Han nationalism, leading to tensions with regionalists and minority groups.

## Trivia

* This China is based on Chinese nationalists on the Internet.