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What happened to China? Reports uncertain. China may be fictional.Moira Brown's terminal, Fallout 3

China was a pre-War Communist country.[1]

Background

The country was once ruled by Emperor Qin Shih Huang, who was buried in a tomb protected by thousands of terracotta warriors.[2] Chinese mythology includes folklore about Youkai, the spirits of mistreated animals that become demons.[3]

Before the Great War, the country led the world in uranium mining.[4] The country's space program competed with the United States and the Soviet Union with the goal of being the first to send astronauts into space. In 1961, the United States announced Captain Carl Bell was the first to do so, a claim that both the Soviet Union and China refuted.[5] The country was led by President Xin and Chairman Cheng before the war, and Xiu-Ling served as ambassador to the United States.[6]

Resource Wars

The unstable global economy caused by reliance on these finite resources caused a series of conflicts involving China.[7] In 2073, the United States claimed the world's last remaining supply of oil, resulting in President Xin stating that the Chinese drilling platform project was planned for completion months prior, but was sabotaged by the United States.[8] Xin formally requested an international panel to investigate.[8] Following the incident, military exercises staged by the Chinese fleet were reported as "unacceptably close" to United States strategic oil reserves, and the Chinese government denied any hostile intentions.[8] The nation utilized a satellite network to transmit communications that were monitored by Americans at Black Mountain.[9]

Invasion of Anchorage

Chairman Cheng's forces invaded the United States in the winter of 2066, landing in the seaport of Anchorage, Alaska.[10] Their forces included warships that shelled the base and soldiers that occupied the city.[11][12] The United States issued a declaration of war on China following the invasion.[13] Entries written in Anchorage terminals are written in formal Mandarin and Guanhuà Chinese.[14] Chinese forces occupied the city for 10 years until their defeat at the Battle of Anchorage on January 10, 2077.[10]

During this time, under Executive Order 99066, Chinese-American citizens were taken from their homes, placed in concentration camps without trial, and transported by private security contractors.[15][16] Those suspected of spying for the Chinese were interrogated to death at institutions such as the Turtledove Detention Camp.[17][18][19] Many citizens disappeared and were subjected to experiments at research facilities across the United States.[20] Little Yangtze was one of these pre-War concentration camps, the citizens there described as "guineas" and that it "may be merciful if war did break out, put an end to this chain of horrors."[21][22]

Chinese operatives infiltrated Canada and the United States, running interference, gathering intel, or posing as defectors.[23][24] Agent Yang executed the Niagara Sabotage, escaping from prisoner transport thereafter.[25] Ration lotteries were provided as a means of payment for successful missions, and Chinese officers carried swords with intricate grips, prized as trophies by American service members.[26][27][28] Automated correspondence outlining objectives was sent to agents by the Chinese Intelligence Ministry.[27]

The People's Bank of Point Lookout instructed their employees not to exchange Chinese Yuan notes by request of Civil Defense.[29] United States citizens were encouraged to report anyone who may be sympathetic or supportive of the Chinese war effort by way of the Vigilant Citizen's Hotline.[30][31] Poseidon Energy publishes propaganda warning against talking about their work, stating that the information would reach Chinese agents posing as American operators, resulting in China "sitting at the controls" of the United States' entire arsenal.[32]

Mainland conflict

Great War

Post-War

Locations

Characters

Branches

Appearances

China is mentioned across the Fallout Series.

Behind the scenes

The nuclear Armageddon in the back-story was between the US and China. After shipping several people asked me why China and not the old standby, the Soviet Union. I made the choice when I remembered experiences with Oleg, a Moscow developer I worked with months before when I was assistant-producing a typing game. Once, in the middle of a phone conversation, I heard some muffled bangs, and the phone went quiet. When I asked him what the noise was, he replied, “Oh, it was just the Russian mob firing their guns in the street.” I thought he was joking – he wasn’t. After that, I had a really hard time believing that the once mighty USSR would be in a position to threaten the world any time soon. So I turned to the next major communist country that typifies “the East”: China.Scott Campbell - Origins of Fallout blog, page 7

Gallery

References

  1. Newscaster: "And now, our exclusive coverage of the continuing volatile situation with Communist China."
    (Newscaster's dialogue)
  2. Pioneer Scout Camp Terminal Entries; Archaeologist
  3. Pioneer Scout Camp Terminal Entries; Mammalogist
  4. Pioneer Scout Camp Terminal Entries; Miner Exam
  5. Fallout 3 message box transcriptions: "This is the actual skeleton of Captain Carl Bell who died on May 5, 1961 after his Space Capsule crash landed. Captain Bell is credited as being the first human in space on board the Space Capsule Defiance 7, but this has been constantly refuted by both the Soviet Union and China. Defiance 7's flight lasted for a total of 12 minutes and 7 seconds as it achieved one full revolution around the Earth. Donated by Edwina Bell."
  6. M.A.R.Go.T.: "The Senate Luncheon with Chinese Ambassador Xiu-Ling scheduled for October 31st at noon has been indefinitely postponed."
    (M.A.R.Go.T.'s dialogue)
  7. Fallout intro: "In the 21st century, war was still waged over the resources that could be acquired. Only this time, the spoils of war were also its weapons: Petroleum and Uranium. For these resources, China would invade Alaska, the US would annex Canada, and the European Commonwealth would dissolve into quarreling, bickering nation-states, bent on controlling the last remaining resources on Earth."
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 Sierra Depot GNN transcript
  9. Black Mountain terminal entries; Log 672
  10. 10.0 10.1 Capitol Post terminal entries; Capital Post Top Stories --January 11, 2077, Commies Crushed - Alaska Liberated!
  11. Holotape - Bombardment
  12. Holotape - Invasion
  13. Rivet City terminal entries; U.S. Declaration of War on China
  14. Anchorage terminal entries; Chinese terminal, Decrypted/Transcribed Volume 99x87x010
  15. Internment orders
  16. Natick Banks terminal entries; Personal Logs
  17. Turtledove Detention Camp terminal entries; Yang, Wan
  18. Turtledove Detention Camp terminal entries; Bulletin: Yang Capture/Transfer
  19. Turtledove Detention Camp terminal entries; Doe, John (submariner)
  20. Little Yangtze terminal entries; Little Yangtze log terminal, Log Entry 01
  21. Z-43 Innovative Toxins Plant terminal entries
  22. Little Yangtze terminal entries; Elijah's Journal - Day 2
  23. Turtledove Detention Camp terminal entries; C.O. Private Operations terminal, Intelligence Report, Yang, Wan (alias)
  24. Contact tape
  25. Naval Recruiting Center terminal entries; DIA Officer's terminal, Field Report - Yang Capture/Transfer
  26. Pioneer Scout Camp Terminal Entries; Leatherworking
  27. 27.0 27.1 Homestead Motel terminal entries; Extraction Details
  28. Chinese Intelligence Bunker terminal entries; Extraction Debriefing
  29. People's Bank of Point Lookout terminal entries; National Security Update
  30. Neighborly letter
  31. Disaster relief outpost terminal entries; terminal, Know the Signs!
  32. HELIOS One terminal entries; "Can I Tell Him?"
  33. Vault Dwellers: "If you could visit one famous landmark in the outside world, what would it be?"
    "The Great Wall of China. I bet it's still standing."
    (Vault dweller conversations)
Publications
Developer Statements
  1. Fallout Bible 0: "2076 June Power Armor prototype completed, resulting in the Power Armor players find in Fallout 1. This is the pinnacle of Power Armor technology before the Great War. Many of these units are sent to China, and they begin to carve a swath through the Chinese forces. The Chinese resources are strained to the breaking point, and the supply lines from the nations China has annexed begin to break down."
  2. Fallout Bible 0: "2066 Spring As the oil resources dry up across the globe, China's fossil fuel dependency causes an energy crisis in the nation. China, bordering on collapse, becomes more aggressive in its trade talks with the United States. Unwilling to export oil to China, talks between the United States and China break down."