To: Ericafaq: That North Korean industry isn't technically theirs.....
To: Ksim3000: That could possibly be a factor. I imagine that there are a lot of people from Pakistan, India, and the Middle East living abroad by now.
To: Bill1993: Who says it was the Russian's that start the war....
To:Baboushreturns: probably nothing good...
To: IconofEvil: Hehe, I am afraid that having names like "Dr.Thrax, Prince Kassad, or General Deathstrike" is kinda way too cheesy for my taste. I just went into a random word generator and made them some random Arabic names. And yes, that is Xiao Ri from the cancelled Generals 2, I stumbled upon him while looking for fictional Chinese personalities I could utilize for the AAR, since I don't really want to use alot of RL figures. (I hadn't even heard of any characters for that game before I started looking around, I found quite a few that you will see making some cameo's in this AAR). And for those who do not know, Chang Wei is the villain from the story mode of Battlefield 4, figured he would fit quite nicely in this role!
And Derelict Studios, it has been many years since I was there.
The world is indeed a small place, and it appears the Internet can be an even smaller one! Welcome aboard.
to: Nemesszilli: You shall see, Hungary gets some very preferential treatment from their new Russian friends after the dust in Europe settles, as well as several other European states!
To: Everybody: Thanks for the comments!
Beijing, Peoples Republic of China, March 2009
Xiao Ri, the new General Secretary of the Communist Party, General of the Peoples Liberation Army, and the 7th President of the Peoples Republic of China, stood alongside the runway of Beijing Capital International airport. He was waiting patiently, alongside his group of fellow ministers, officials, advisers, and the ceremonial honour guard of the PLA, for his very special guest to arrive. Xiao was eager to meet his counterpart, and reach an agreement that he believed would usher in a new era of prosperity and strength for not only his country but for all those around it...whether they liked it or not. He was still somewhat unsure whether or not his honoured guest would accept what he was about to propose, but as that line in that famous old American movie goes, he would "Make an offer he cannot refuse"
"My Chairman", said one of Xiao's aides, "I can see his plane coming in for landing now." "Thank you, make sure that the band is ready to begin playing the anthems as soon as our guest sets foot on the red carpet. I want this to go off without any hitch." "Yes my Chairman" Xiao's aide stated as he bowed and stepped aside. After several moments, the plane touched down and taxied into place. The steps were wheeled to the door and his guest disembarked.
Right on que, the anthems of both nations began to play one after the other, as several greeting ladies approached with flowers and gifts to welcome Russian President Vladimir Putin to China. President's Putin and Xiao greeted each other at the end of the red carpet, and shook hands. "Vladimir, it is my utmost pleasure to welcome you to the Peoples Republic of China!" "My thanks for your invitation Xiao, I am very pleased to find that your great country is still doing so well, despite all that...unpleasantness." Xiao had kind of wished that Putin had not mentioned what it had taken for him to ascend to the top ranks of China's political hierarchy, he still feared for his image within the party and the country's people due to the circumstances, despite all the success his new government had in squashing the protest movements, he still couldn't shake that feeling that he was not the legitimate head of the country. Still, he had to maintain his composure. "Whats done is done, I can't dwell on the past, my only concern is for the well being of my people now and into the future, and I believe that with your help we can achieve that and more. But that we can discuss later this evening, I believe we have some public appearances to make!" Xiao and Putin walked with their respective entourages towards the awaiting motorcade, adorned with Chinese and Russian flags, to continue the itinerary of the event.
Several Hours Later, at the Zhongnanhai compound, Beijing
"Vladimir, I hope you have enjoyed your visit to my country so far?" Xiao asked. The formalities and public relations parts of the visit had ended, and now the Chinese and Russian president's were alone in the ornately decorated meeting room of the compound, where China's leaders had for years discussed the most sensitive of topics in secret with their equivalents from around the world. Years ago, Chairman Mao and US President Nixon had met in this very room, and helped to finalize an agreement that changed China and the world forever, formalizing relations with the Americans, tilting the worlds' balance of power in the Cold War, and setting the stage for China's later economic triumph, which had only really slowed down after the Great Middle East War had finally ended. Now, Xiao was hoping to forge a new agreement, with a different President, one which would change the world in a far greater way than Mao's meeting with Nixon ever had.
"Of course Xiao! the hospitality and friendliness of your people never ceases to amaze me. It has been fantastic to finally get out of Moscow for a bit, I feel like I have been stuck dealing with matters in the Kremlin forever, especially ever since the Arabs and Iranians decided to incinerate each other, while we had that nasty little spat with Georgia." Xiao had almost forgotten about that conflict, then again, Russia's invasion and occupation of all of Georgia had pretty much flown over the heads of most of the international community, not only because it had ended so fast, but because so many of the world's eyes were glued on the images on their televisions and internet sites of the mushroom clouds rising over the ruins of the Middle East.
While the Middle East reduced itself to atomic rubble, a Georgian artillery bombardment and invasion of the small breakaway republic of South Ossetia resulted in a brief Russian-Georgian war, the Russian Army responded highly rapidly, thanks to advancements in Russia's logistical capacity due to funds freed up from the much reduced nuclear weapons force. Within days Georgia's Army was on the run and hounded by Russian aircraft and ground forces.
"Yes Vladimir, I imagine that must not have been pleasant, then again, I imagine you must have been very happy at the end of it with how your army performed in that war. I guess the American's had truly done you a favour by helping you demolish all those expensive nuclear weapons." "indeed, our defense budget saved so much money in the years since 2002 that we were able to funnel it towards the well being of our regular armed forces, how else could we have managed to overrun all of Georgia in only a week? I still laugh at that picture from the Battle of Tbilisi, of our VDV troops posing with that mad President of theirs, he talked so tough for the cameras, but turned out to be so puny. I don't miss him." Putin chuckled at the end of that thought.
Georgia's Army quickly fell apart under the repeated hammerblows of the Russian Airforce and elite VDV and Spetznaz airmobile units, the spearhead of the Russian force that invaded and occupied Georgia. Tbilisi was very quickly occupied and the country surrendered. Today, Abkhazia and South Ossetia are integrated into the Russian Federation, while the rest of Georgia is formally still under military occupation.
"I remember that picture too, if only my own army had something like that to show to the people, maybe my government would be as popular as yours became! Oh! Before I forget, my congratulations on your recent success with the Kazakhs and Belarussians, I am still amazed they both came running back into Russia's borders so quickly, but I guess the temptation of all of that huge oil money was just too much to ignore." "It wasn't so easy Xiao", Putin responded with humility, "it took quite alot of convincing, but offering their people all those social benefits, infrastructure projects, and giving Lukashenko and Nazarbayev enough treats to keep them on board was tough. It was hard to replace Lavrov with Lukashenko as my foreign minister, I really liked working with him, but I hear he is quite happy on that new Dacha he built in Sochi with his severance pay." "indeed it must have been difficult" Xiao responded, "but myself and my government were pleased that it worked out, a strong Russia is in our interest as well as yours, and that is the main topic I want to discuss with you today."
Presidents Vladimir Putin (Russia), Alexander Lukashenko (Belarus), and Nursultan Nazarbayev (Kazakhstan) at the signing of the Eurasian Union State Treaty in December, 2008. Russia's rapidly growing economy attracted both Belarus and Kazakhstan into seeking much closer links with Russia. Russia managed to offer enough to both governments to bring them on board for full Federal union with Russia.
The former presidents of Belarus and Kazakhstan were given very high ranking positions in Russia's government after the treaty.
Russia's new borders after the signing of the Eurasian Union State Treaty. Despite loud protests from the West, Russia's new expansion was grudgingly accepted.
"Please, go on." Putin responded. "Vladimir, how long do you believe it will all last?" Xiao began. "When all the oil money dries up, when the people start thinking about such petty things like voting or free speech, what will happen to us then? This happened already to your own country, the Soviet Union, so mighty, so powerful, couldn't survive the encirclement of the West or the prodding from within that eventually brought it down, and put your country into the dark ages for a decade." Putin looked genuinely shaken by that memory Xiao thought, as he was sure many from his country were. "This almost happened to us just a few months ago, before myself and my friends in the bureaucracy and the military took over and set things right. We were right at the edge of anarchy, of a fate where China would be reduced to a broken little puppet of an American empire, run by those people in Taiwan and elsewhere who couldn't get back here fast enough to try and topple our benevolent government to the applause of the west. I will NOT let that happen to my country again, as I am sure you will not let happen to Russia ever again."
"So what is your point", Putin replied. "My point, Vladimir, is that in order for both of our countries to survive, we need to join forces. We need to deeply formalize our ties, like the Americans and Europeans did with their NATO alliance. Alone, we can be beaten. Alone, China cannot fight its internal enemies or our foreign enemies with what we have now. Alone, Russia cannot for long withstand the pressures of the Americans and the West. You may have Europe by its manhood with your oil supplies, but soon the Americans will replace you, and after that, Europe and America will turn on you and destroy you, just like they did with the Soviet Union. They will ring your country with military forces, they will fund those rabble-rousers within your borders, and make your country implode again, and I doubt Russia can survive anything like the collapse of the Soviet Union a second time...." Putin was still watching, and still listening.
"But together, we can combine our strengths, and become a power unlike anything the world has ever seen. We will build an axis, which runs through Moscow and Beijing, around which Asia, Europe, the Atlantic, and the Pacific will revolve not for decades but for centuries to come. Russia's wealth, its technology, its allies, and its espionage and military strength, in conjunction with China's industry, manpower, our own allies and military might, would be a combination not even the American's could stop! Together, we will bring prosperity to our peoples, we will break the American's and the West's hold on the world's economies and governments, and rise to create our own place in the sun!"
"I like it" Putin responded. Xiao was instantly pleased. "Then do I have your agreement my friend?" Xiao held out his hand. "Yes. Yes you do. Let our two great countries build a new world, together." Putin and Xiao shook hands. The deal was done.
"Splendid! I will work on bringing China's allies into the fold. Than Shwe and Kim Jong Il I am told should both be very receptive of the idea! We may need your help with Vietnam however, I want to make it clear to them that a new friendship between our two countries is far more important than some puny islands."
"Then you can expect that help very soon. My government will contact Vietnam's and arrange a conference. Armenia, Mongolia, and the rest of the CSTO should be receptive, although the Ukrainians will be a big problem with all those strikes they are having....I do however think Turkey's new regime will like the idea, as they are looking for new friends after they broke from NATO, I still can't believe they went that far but I guess they are pretty mad with them for what happened in the Middle East. I think we can offer them a much more reliable ally than the west could!"
The Ergenekon Regime of Turkey, a Junta of military commanders who believed that it was a mistake for Turkey's government to side with the west, having resulted in the destruction of most of the Middle East, a flood of Arab and Iranian refugees into Turkey, and had brought the independence of Kurdistan, which claimed parts of Turkey as its own national territory. The Ergenekon overthrew the government in a military coup shortly after the Great Middle East War ended, and began to seek new friends which it later found in the form of the new Shanghai Pact Alliance.
"Very well Vladimir. Xiao stated very happily. Together, we shall change the world forever!"
The New Shanghai Cooperation Organization, at the time of its recreation as a formal Military, Intelligence, and Economic alliance at the end of March, 2009. Initial members: China, Russia, Mongolia, North Korea, Myanmar, Armenia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Turkmenistan, with more to follow in the build up to World War 3.