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Having lived a large part of his life overseas, Jonathan knew how China was percieved overseas in the past and recently he had contact from several respectable nations, all keen on improving relations with China since the military reforms and after observing his hatred of Liu's military junta.

It was now time to follow up these encouraging leads by inviting the ambassadors of each nation to China and begin the process of reparing the international fallout from years of isolation.

Invitations were sent to Tokyo, Washington, and Moscow.

Tokyo

"All things considered, this couldn't have come at a better time."

Foreign Minister Shimizu Yuki blew his smoke at the closest 'Smoking is Prohibited' sign before answering Prime Minister Minase.

"Well, of course. We're fighting an election, and we have the chance to get in with the new Chinese regime. Akira Shigi would probably lodge a protest in the Diet if it hadn't dissolved for the election campaign; by the time it meets again, we should have a bigger majority and Akira can kiss my ass."

Minase Tohma chuckled. "Ever the shining light of warmth, I must admit. Have you any ideas about a prospective ambassador to Beijing? Keep in mind that we want to be friends with them, so you're not allowed to send someone that you don't like."

"A few people spring to mind, but two of them are probably too flamboyant for the Chinese.....I think I know the perfect girl for the job. Nozaki Megumi."

"Oh yes, I know the one. She should be well suited for the job. Tell her that His Majesty sends his warmest regards and congratulations on the promotion."

The head of the diplomatic Corps and the most esteemed diplomat in Quinntonia was brought out of his recent retirement to attend to this issue. He immediately boards Jesus-1 and is whisked away to China in order to begin repairing the international relationship with that neighbour. China and Quinntonia had never been overly friendly, even though Quinntonian troops fought heavily to liberate it from the Japanese during WWII.
But with the massive political about face that seemed to be going on internally, China was now seen as becoming a more friendly power in regards to important matters such as trade and mission outlooks.

Looking back at the two largest political movements in China over the past several years, one did not blame Quinntonia for having a tough time with China. China had personally been responsible for buoying the Dra-poel economy and supplying them with modern weapons, arms, supplies and so on during the infamous Three Years War that claimed over a million Quinntonian lives. It was widely accepted that without the funding and help of their large neighbour, Dra-pol would have never been able to hold out from the massive economic blockade of the Korean peninsula and the superior industrial power brought to bear on the tyrannical regime. With the punishment inflicted on Dra-pol by the Quinntonians, (over 2 million in Dra-poel losses) the only explanation for the draw was the massive aid received from China.

Then, with Gen. Lui and his insane junta, Quinntonia seriously considered war with Sino on several occasions, even intervening on Taiwan’s behalf with threats of military force at times.

And given the Xiaguo policy of constant hatred against Quinntonia, even going as far as expelling all Quinntonians from China no less than THREE times in recent years, and spitting on every attempt made by Quinntonia to try and work together for trade, Quinntonia had almost given up.

Of course missionaries still moved into the nation as often as was possible, even when officially expelled, so one can see why Xiaguo was threatened. It was hard to see that a nation sending hundreds or thousands of people into you country when you didn’t want them there would be because they wanted to help, to secular eyes, it very much looked like subversive activity.

Now the greatest Quinntonian diplomat ever was flying to meet with the government leaders of Chgina to work towards a time of [eace, properity and mutual understanding and respect. God bless this mission.

Bishop Robert Schultz IV was an old man, almost 80 and had tried unsuccessfully to retire three times now. Each time he had been pulled back in, the last was to negotiate the successful alliance with the new Japanese government. He thought back to when it seemed as though Quinntonia had to fight the whole world just to protect the Dra-poel defectors in Quinntonian Dra-pol, everyone seemed to be against them. Everyone thought they wouldn’t be happy with that. Even during the Bonstockian affair, many just assumed that the Quinntonian troops would stay after their islands were stabilised. They were genuinely shocked when they left freely. Then that French frigate tried to kidnap the King of Tord and when Quinntonia fired upon the Russian Tsarist vessels that tried to intervene to help, the entire region was shocked. That was the turning point, it was as though everyone finally understood. It was almost 25 years after Quinntonia had taken control of Hamhung, they had never tried to go any further. Maybe they were really trying to do what they claimed? Maybe they really were just trying to help people?

Bishop Schultz saw that as the turning point, everything changed, the Lyong powers backed off, Hindustan, always on fairly good terms with Quinntonia, told everyone “I told ya so!”, Japan was convinced to sign a formal alliance, and now Bishop Schultz was going to China. “What’s next?” thought the old man, “my next break from retirement will be a trip to Dakhiem?”


WWJD
Amen.

The new minister of foreign affairs was a former communist party member by the name of Hu Jin Tao. He shook hands with Nozaki Megumi as she arrived and greeted her, thinking back to the days of Liu's Junta. Things had changed significantly since then.

An aide jogged up to him, telling him that Bishop Schultz was due in Beijing International Airport in five hours.

Hu Jin Tao cleared his throat before presenting China's case.

"Well let's get down to business shall we? Would Tokyo be supportive of a closer trade relationship with us?"

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OOC: For the next bit, it's actually a day or so after the meeting with Japan, but I'll RP it simultaneously.

Hu Jin Tao greeted Bishop Schultz after meeting him at the entrance of his office, also making small chit chat about current affairs, etecetera. Being the first meeting between China and Quintonnia for decades, there was a lot more reporters than usual.

"Firstly, you can tell your boss back home that we won't be expelling any more missionaries from China. They're welcome back with our full support and protection. Emperor Jonathan Zhang is also interested in employing Quintonnian missionaries in Christian schools."

The new minister of foreign affairs was a former communist party member by the name of Hu Jin Tao. He shook hands with Nozaki Megumi as she arrived and greeted her, thinking back to the days of Liu's Junta. Things had changed significantly since then.

An aide jogged up to him, telling him that Bishop Schultz was due in Beijing International Airport in five hours.

Hu Jin Tao cleared his throat before presenting China's case.

"Well let's get down to business shall we? Would Tokyo be supportive of a closer trade relationship with us?"

Nozaki Megumi gave him a charm-filled smile; although she appeared to be young for an ambassador, she was one of the Foreign Ministry's foremost experts on China and spoke fluent Chinese.

"Of course we would. We are both recovering nations; we are still recovering from the Ringist isolation, with progress being steady because of our friends who have engaged in trade with us. We know how beneficial a good trading relationship can be, and we would dearly love to have such a relationship with our Chinese neighbours."

"Of course we would. We are both recovering nations; we are still recovering from the Ringist isolation, with progress being steady because of our friends who have engaged in trade with us. We know how beneficial a good trading relationship can be, and we would dearly love to have such a relationship with our Chinese neighbours."

"So an agreement similar to the Quintonnian-Japan agreement is..within reach?"

Hu Jin Tao was known to be excessively straightforward.

President Eustace F.Brown had felt that the Nicobarese ought to have been invited to Beijing in the first place, but his pride had prevented him saying anything, which probably was for the best since what he thought was coloured by China's recent economic growth and the decrease of cheap labour there, and was frankly quite racist.

In the end, bargains were more important to Brown than ...pretty well anything else, and the acquisition of modern multi-role fighters with which to irritate the Igovians saw to ISAN's continued economic and diplomatic relations with the Chinese in spite of the President's personal feelings. Receiving an invite off the back of that arms deal made Eustace forget his hostility in an instant, and the boss's own little Smithers, known only as Mr.Giles, was quickly packed off to Beijing aboard one of the national carrier's Airbus liners.

Giles wasn't a pretty sight, all in all. A little below average height, stiff in his movements, and with a face full of skin complaints and sunburn, but he was a fairly successful business man, a multi-millionaire (being a millionaire in ISAN was no big deal in itself) at least if not quite up to billionaire Brown's standard of absurd wealth. A well known politician he was seen as a little less harsh than the President, but generally toed Brown's line quite obediently... he tried to present this as loyalty and harmony rather than, dare one say, brown-nosing.

Giles wore a dark suit that fitted too tightly over his lumpy frame, and clicked when he walked over a hard surface, which was something that had somehow become an unspoken fashion necessity on Great Nicobar... somehow, anyone there whose shoes didn't click when he walked through a lobby (nobody who was anybody walked anywhere when outside) was considered to be too ashamed to draw attention to himself, probably because he was poor. Many "Indians" (non-whites) wore sandals or went bare-foot much of the time, and that was perhaps the origin of that.

What Giles and the Nicobarese had to bring to Beijing remained to be seen. The Incorporated States were, per capita, rich almost beyond compare, each citizen, on average, being worth well over US$50,000 to the national economy. But their entire citizenry amounted to less than other nations represented had lost in individual wars fought recently, and the regular military was considered on the large side at a mighty seven-thousand recruits in Marines, Coast Guard, and Air Force combined.

Giles had one thing of over-riding importance on his mind. Cheap labour, and the sudden evaporation of it due to Chinese unity and growth and the spreading of socialist revolution in India and Indonesia. If ISAN's economy lacked on thing, it was a [poverty stricken] labour pool to exploit.

"So an agreement similar to the Quintonnian-Japan agreement is..within reach?"

Hu Jin Tao was known to be excessively straightforward.

"Indeed. We suggest the formation of a bilateral trade commssion to oversee an intial reduction in tariffs; the commission's long-term goal will be to iron out any possible disputes before they flare up. We also suggest a series of cultural exchanges to educate both our peoples about the new friendliness; there has been much hostility between us in the past, both militarily and diplomatically. It is time to put that squarely in the past and move onto a new era in Sino-Japanese relations."

With foreign affairs minister Hu Jin Tao having done a marathon of meetings in the last week and requiring a rest, Minister of Defence Chang is called in to represent China. Having already communicated with the Nicobarese on several occasions, Chang feels ready to meet with their President in person. The Minister of Finance Li Mei Chen who had significant experience in diplomacy was also there as support for the relatively inexperienced Chang and to cover him on economic issues.

"Welcome to the Presidential Palace President Brown, Mr. Giles" Chang greeted. "This is Minister of Finance Li Mei Chen. Now is there anything that you wish to discuss before we start?"

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"So in other words," Hu Jintao said to the Quintonnian Bishop. "Would Washington be willing to ease up immigration procedures for travellers and workers between our two nations?"

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"Indeed. We suggest the formation of a bilateral trade commssion to oversee an intial reduction in tariffs; the commission's long-term goal will be to iron out any possible disputes before they flare up. We also suggest a series of cultural exchanges to educate both our peoples about the new friendliness; there has been much hostility between us in the past, both militarily and diplomatically. It is time to put that squarely in the past and move onto a new era in Sino-Japanese relations."

"Excellent, I will pass that onto our Finance Minister after this meeting. We would be most interested in cultural exchanges especially between southern China and Japan."

Hu took another look at his notes.

"Now onto a more serious issue, while organised crime in China is fairly low at the moment, we are concerned with Japanese crime syndicates potentially expanding into China in the future."

"Excellent, I will pass that onto our Finance Minister after this meeting. We would be most interested in cultural exchanges especially between southern China and Japan."

Hu took another look at his notes.

"Now onto a more serious issue, while organised crime in China is fairly low at the moment, we are concerned with Japanese crime syndicates potentially expanding into China in the future."

Nozaki Megumi was surprised at the subject matter, but had an answer like any good diplomat.

"Rest assured that our police and security agencies work tirelessly to ensure tht such an event would never happen. We are proud to say that we have our criminal element under control; we do not have the rampant corruption that other nations suffer, and we hold no tolerance for those who prey on our innocent citizens with narcotics. If by some remote chance a syndicate based in Japan did attempt expansion into your nation, then both nations would pursue the culprits until justice was achieved."

News of General Liu's death is of course met with no end of happiness in Hindustan, as finally it seems that India has a sane China to coexist with.

A telegram is sent to Beijing from Mumbai requesting an audience with the new Emperor.

"Perhaps then, China and Japan can formally extend co-operation on law enforcement and defence issues as well then. It would be a good time to arrange a formal treaty covering economic, defence, and cultural co-operation..."

OOC: Is there much else to talk about? This about covers the bases.

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With relations between Mumbai and Beijing cold since recently, the new Emperor decides to greet the ambassador himself instead of delegating this task.

A reply is sent, telling the Hindustanis they would be most welcome in Beijing.

OOC: Nicobar, you there?

(OOC: Hee, woops, Giles (there's some dispute over whether that is his given or family name!) is the President's lacky, a member of the FBCo board of directors and appointed (rather than elected) hanger-on to the government. Brown might be expected to go, because he wants to raise his profile, but he was convinced not to, because he's a giant racist and would probably have ended up getting ISAN annexed or bombed bare :) I'm not sure if I should pretend that Chang didn't make the mistake, or suppose that, well, nobody cares about 370,000 Nicobarese and might honestly not have known what the President looked like...)

Mr.Giles was suitibly impressed by his visit to China. This was a land with nearly three and a half thousand citizens to every resident of the Andaman and Nicobar islands.

He didn't really take in Chang's greeting, but dipped his head in slightly nervous respect.

Next he gave some reference to his nation's satisfaction at the recent increase in relations with China and to the fighter transfer's provision for Nicobarese security.

Giles decided it would be best to say that he was quite prepared to proceed with whatever discussions were already planned, assuming that he could bring up his nation's economic concerns at an apropriate juncture.

(OOC: Cheap response. I'm still here, but don't let me delay things if I'm late showing up :) )

"Perhaps then, China and Japan can formally extend co-operation on law enforcement and defence issues as well then. It would be a good time to arrange a formal treaty covering economic, defence, and cultural co-operation..."

OOC: Is there much else to talk about? This about covers the bases.

OOC: I think that that is pretty much it, yeah.

IC:

"A formal treaty would be an excellent way of showing how relations have moved on since our previous troubles. I am permitted to discuss the matter with you, but I am not authorised to sign anything, I'm afraid; Foreign Minister Shimizu Yuki would need to be in attendance. With your permission, I would like to request his presence here in Beijing."

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"My apologies Mr Giles, there was a bit of a mix-up at the printers." Chang said. "However, let's not get bogged down on littleties. Tea?"

A nearby errands person gave Mr Giles some tea.

"Before I begin, I wish to make formal China's support for the continuation of Nicobarese independence and self-determination in the face of..."

Chang stopped himself before he uttered another of Liu's "communist subhuman" terms.

"...the Bedgellert threat of annexation."

He waited for Giles for any response before preparing to unveil China's proposal.

OCC: My utmost apologies, Taiwan. I really did mean to post here, but, you know...things get sidetracked...

IC:

After a quick stopover in Kathmandu, a Tu-154 in HADF roundels lands at Beijing, with a Parliamentary delegation led by MP Larionko Musharraf aboard.

Musharraf's delegation will be the first Hindustani diplomatic mission to set foot in China for a number of years, and as a gift to Emperor Jonathan they bring several copies of Dr. Ibrahim Vorshilov's History Of The Lavragerian War, considered worldwide to be the authoritive account of the conflict and the most accurate produced to date. The copies brought to China are bound in an exquisitely-engraved gold jacket and signed by the author.

<QUOTE>Hu Jin Tao greeted Bishop Schultz after meeting him at the entrance of his office, also making small chit chat about current affairs, etecetera. Being the first meeting between China and Quintonnia for decades, there was a lot more reporters than usual.

"Firstly, you can tell your boss back home that we won't be expelling any more missionaries from China. They're welcome back with our full support and protection. Emperor Jonathan Zhang is also interested in employing Quintonnian missionaries in Christian schools."<QUOTE>

Bishop Schultz nodded his agreeance and then answered in somewhat accented Chinese, "My government has had many years of negative dealings with your government. We do not want this any more than you do. The more than 30,000 reported Christian martyrs that were executed or imprisoned under the late General are and were unacceptable. However, though the blood of the martyrs scream out from the earth, my government is interested in Shalom, in peace. We do have a few concerns, however, we are concerned as to the nature and the size of your economic involvement with the brutal Dra-poel regime. We would have some diffuculty in warming relations with a government that would continue to support those who routinely execute and crucify Quinntonian citisens, make war on their own population and are repsonsible for more than one million Quinntonian deaths. The governments of China have been confusing on this piont, one time announcing economic relations are at an ebd, the next momoent giving them foriegn aid. As a Quinntonian representative, I must ask, what is your position on the Dra-pol question?"

WWJD
Amen.

What is your position on the Dra-pol question?

Hu Jin Tao smiled briefly before returning to his neutral face.

"Our administration too has had difficulty in understanding the reasons behind our predecessor's aid agreements with Dra-pol. We believe Dra-pol is a rogue nation and a threat to Asia, and we intend to end all aid to the nation as soon as next month."

OCC: My utmost apologies, Taiwan. I really did mean to post here, but, you know...things get sidetracked...

IC:

After a quick stopover in Kathmandu, a Tu-154 in HADF roundels lands at Beijing, with a Parliamentary delegation led by MP Larionko Musharraf aboard.

Musharraf's delegation will be the first Hindustani diplomatic mission to set foot in China for a number of years, and as a gift to Emperor Jonathan they bring several copies of Dr. Ibrahim Vorshilov's History Of The Lavragerian War, considered worldwide to be the authoritive account of the conflict and the most accurate produced to date. The copies brought to China are bound in an exquisitely-engraved gold jacket and signed by the author.

Musharraf's delegation causes quite a large media stir, being the first Hindustani to visit Beijing. The gift is eagerly accepted by Minister of Defence Chang, and a traditional Chinese dress is offered to MP Musharraf in return. The trip to the Presidential Palace is swift on the VIP car of the bullet train, and takes less than 10 minutes. Traces of the civil war can still be seen, but this is outnumbered immensely by the number of new high rise buildings.

After arriving in the Presidential Palace and confirming seating arrangements, the Hindustanis are offered a cup of Chinese tea before discussions begin in depth.

"Congratulations on being the first Hindustani MP in China. We have a lot to discuss..."

Chang decided that he would listen to what Musharraf had to say before talking about China's agenda.

"Its an honor to visit this great city, Mr. Chang." Musharraf, a tall, lanky fellow from Balochistan and ex-tanker, takes a sip of his tea and glances back at the Hindustani functionaries in tow. "Our two countries have never had the best relationship, and it is my Parliament's utmost hope that we can put the past behind us. I can't pretend that my Parliament approves of all your nation's diplomatic contacts, but neither do you...eh...what I mean to say is...to each his own."

Musharraf looks back at one of the functionaries, and he walks foreward with a thick stack of paper.

"Parliament has commissioned a number of studies on the feasability of regular airline flights into China from Hindustan. If you would be willing to look our findings over..." Musharraf hands Chang the report.

"Of course. We can agree to disagree can't we?"

Chang took a look at the reports.

"I can't guarantee anything, but it is almost certain that these proposals will be accepted by the Emperor. While we are on the topic of closer relations, how receptive would Hindustan be towards freeing up of trade barriers?"

Chang took out a file from seemingly nowhere.

"We have done a preliminary study to show the benefits of trade for both nations, and the numbers are good."

Hu Jin Tao smiled briefly before returning to his neutral face.

"Our administration too has had difficulty in understanding the reasons behind our predecessor's aid agreements with Dra-pol. We believe Dra-pol is a rogue nation and a threat to Asia, and we intend to end all aid to the nation as soon as next month."

Bishop Schultz smiled broadly and clapped his hands together, saying, "Jesse Obed did live to see the day, praise Him who sits on high! Dra-pol being cut off by China, opening to Christian missionaires, Bible Schools, Seimnaries, perhaps even Christian Universities and a maybe even a trade agreement! No one will ever be able to say to me that prayer does not work."

Bishop Schults took his tea, sipped it, regained his composure and slyly said, "I never was good at poker, did I show my hand? Now, you said that aid was going to be cut off to Dra-pol next month, what a conincedence, my government wanted to propose a greater trade agreement with your people, starting the day after that happens, now which day would that be again?"

"What a fortuitous partnership that we could reprsent, the largest single population in the world and the largest industrial power in the worldmaking beautiful music together. We will return to the Dra-pol situation in time, but what about trade? My nations government desires a three sided partnership in Asia, a partnership that will develop into something much larger, I would like to propose a trade agreement encompassing China, Quinntonia, and Japan, and my people have prepared a series of documents that have been generated out of a study that has been ongoing as to this question for some time."

WWJD
Amen.

OOC: Aid to Dra-pol cut off (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=460348)

"An American-East Asia Free trade pact? The largest economies in the world...I imagine the benefits would be quite enormous. We have already begun negotiations with the Japanese for a free trade agreement, and it would be no big ask to include the United States. Any deal could be concluded in less than a year."

Chang waited for any response.

"If there's nothing else, I would like to discuss the situation in the Philipines. The situation is quite worrying to be honest, and I wanted to know Washington's stance on the issue."

OOC: Aid to Dra-pol cut off (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=460348)

"An American-East Asia Free trade pact? The largest economies in the world...I imagine the benefits would be quite enormous. We have already begun negotiations with the Japanese for a free trade agreement, and it would be no big ask to include the United States. Any deal could be concluded in less than a year."

Chang waited for any response.

"If there's nothing else, I would like to discuss the situation in the Philipines. The situation is quite worrying to be honest, and I wanted to know Washington's stance on the issue."


Having receieved evidence that this was ongoing, Bishop Schults felt that he was able to continue looking at the trade situation. I realise that you have more pressing matters to discuss, I just would like to offer a proposal in the fomr of an offer of membership. Are you familira with the World Economic Council? (WEC) It is a group of like-minded nations that have banded together formutual profit and membership only requires that we work towards greater economic cooperation and that each nation appoints a representative that sits on the council. Also, each member nation is responsible for a small fee equalling some 1 billion USQD. That money is being used to develop economies that do not have the resources to help themselves, with the philosiphy that it is an investment as well as a philanthropic exercise. Currectly, Quinntonia is acting as Chair, though that is subject to yearly elections, Hudecia is an advisory non-voting member of the board, as they cannot pay the membership fee at the present, and the UK and Roycelandia are the other sitting members. I feel strongly that this council is flexible enough to provide grwoth adn unified enough to provide strength, and I would like to offer both you and Japan membership, with my government willing to pay the first years membership requirement as a show of good faith. This would, of course, be in addition to, not instead of any trilateral trade agreement you, Japan, and Quinntonia set up."


s for the Phillipnes situation, Bishop Schultz blushes and confesses that he is not aware of the situation that Chang was referring to. Bishop Schultz was well known for his craftiness, and this could be a manuveur, but he asked for the pertinent details to be explained, as Chang saw them. (OOC_I have no idea what you are talking about, but I am assuming that Bishop SChultz would)

WWJD
Amen.

(OOC: The Japanese Foreign Minister is in China to sign the treaties agreed upon between Tokyo and Beijing, so if you guys want to approach Japan about the trilateral trade pact and the WEC, we've already got someone there.)

"After conducting a preliminary economic study of the effects of WEC membership for China, we believe that the mutual economic benefits far outweigh any costs incurred, and thus on China's behalf, I am prepared to sign an agreement beginning any processes required to start WEC membership." Chang said.

"As for the Filipino affair, we would like to know if Washington is interested in contributing to a multinational force which will provide assistance for the democratically elected Filipino government against a Communist guerilla insurrection, and ensure the continuation of democracy a Phillipines that is free from foreign interference and exploitation."

http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=455343

"Then I have suggestion, that I ask all the current WEC members to accept my sponsorship of Japan and AMW China." The Bishop was amased at how well this was all going, and was really thinking to himself that prayer obviously works, even if it comes so late in life.

"As far as the Phillipines situation, my government is looking into it right now, and I would like to hear what our close allies and friends, the Hapanes, have to say about this situation, as Quinntonia will not act in South-East Asia at all without the leave and support of its closest ally in the region, Japan. In fact, I am going to ask that we ask the good people of Japan to jion our conversation, unless you have anything to saythat they may not hear?"

WWJD
Amen.