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TO : Emperor Jonathan Zhang
FROM : Minister of Defence Chang

SECURITY CLEARANCE : HIGHLY CLASSIFIED

RE : Emerging threats in the next decade - recent trends in South East Asia

Dear Emperor,

This top secret report delivered to you now was originally commissioned by former General T.Z Liu to investigate the emerging threats of Islamic insurgency in Indonesia and subversive communist activities in South East Asia, as well as the possibility of confrontation with Quintonnia and Taiwanese separatists. Obviously, the sections regarding Islamic insurgency, Quintonnia, and Taiwan is now outdated, but new intelligience and recent happenings have proved Liu's research and predictions regarding emerging communist activities true.

The worst case scenario Liu envisaged would result in the loss of China's status as a superpower and severe economic depression, surrounded by hostile and heavily militarised communist states, and being forced to rely on Holy League petroleum. This was termed by Liu as the "domino effect", where communism would gradually move into the power vacuum left by the collapse of a large state. This was the case in the collapse of Marimaia, a nation with good relations with China. The immediate area of concern as I write this letter is the situation in the Filipines, which I believe to be a lose-lose situation for Chinese interests regardless of the outcome. Success by either the Holy League or the Communists would embolden them.

In order to preserve the safety of our nation, I have written several reccomendations, all of which should be implemented as soon as possible.


An end to China's isolationist foreign policy
The establishment of pro-China regimes in South East Asia
The acquisition of an Indian Ocean port
Acceleration of low-cost military programmes

Yours Sincerely

Chang

Quinntonian threats under Lui, damn right! Near the end I was almost goading him just so I had a justifiable excuse for war, Johnathan, no we like him...quite a bit.

WWJD
Amen.

Wing-Lee listened attentively to Chang's explanation of China's new foreign policy doctrine. There would be no media releases - instead "managed media leaks" to reinforce the supposed accuracy of the covert actions that would take place in the future.

"So Wing-Lee, this is where you come in. Make contact with the representative from the Apostles in Hong Kong and explain our current situation."

(AC, are you here yet?)

OOC: I'm here, I'm here. Just been busy with Finals.

IC:

There was much debate over who should be sent to represent The Apostles. While initial consensus favored Tseng, the shadowy leader of them all, but it was decided that he was too vital to send. Yet the Chinese could not be slighted by the dispatch of some lowly goon (besides, who knew if a lowly goon could be trusted?) and thus the call made to the small scale Russian owned real estate firm was returned by none other than attorney-at-law, Nina Vertlib.

"I hear you have a deal for us, Mr. Lee? I'll meet wherever you want me to."

The Dragon Boat was the largest restaurant in Hong Kong, servicing thousands of customers daily, allowing for an excellent degree of anonymity.

Mr Lee shook hands with Nina, before pulling out a seat for her.

"Since the fall of Marimaia, Indochina has been partitioned into several smaller states. Initially, things went well for the new states, with democracy in action for the first time in decades. However, recent events in the Phillipines have underlined the new threat in the region - left wing extremists in connection with the Soviets..."

Lee showed Nina photos of recent NPA activities in the Phillipines as he continued.

"...with terrible results for the civilians involved. Our intelligience indicates that although leftist strength in the former Marimaian nations is nowhere near that of the NPA, and given the corruption in the governments of these states, we believe that it is a matter of time before Indochina will follow the path of the Phillipines and degenerate into a failed state . To prevent this, the Chinese government plans to sponsor strong, freedom-loving, and capitalist governments in the states of the former Marimaia."

A map was handed out to Nina as he spoke.

"This is where the Apostles come in. Give us a pretext for entering firstly, Burma and establishing a puppet government.

Will you help us?"

bump for AC

OOC: Sorry for the quicky post, still busy as hell.

Vertlib pondered for a second, her brown eyes intense with thought. She excused herself for a moment, and was gone from Lee's eyesight for several minutes. She returned with a confident smile on her face, closed her cellphone, and spoke.

"How does a series of riots, along with the defection of major generals sound?"

Lee smiled.

"That would be fine. Whatever you have planned, it needs to look as if Rangoon has appealed for Chinese assistance preferentially over assistance from other potential meddlers. It would also be preferable to keep any intervention secret for 72 hours at least.

I am also authorised to discuss payment..."

OOC: Guys, don't forget you're up against Aung San Suu Kyi in Burma and whoever wound up supporting her out of the few nations that jumped on the Marimaian carcass.

Needless to say, if China is successful in establishing some puppets it could cause a lot of concern among the Japanese....

Well, the Quinntonian governmnet is keeping an eye on this situation with extreme interest, and the CIA and MOM (Men of Meggiddo) have literally saturated SE Asia watching for any hint at power politics.

China is a great friend of Quinntonia, but, it is uncertain if they would turn the other way as they began to spread over more and more land, seeing as Lui and Xiaguo are pretty recent memories.

WWJD
Amen.

OOC: What exactly is the state of the AMW Burma? What is the government, how stable is it, etc. etc.?

OCC: AMW Burma is led by Aung San Suu Kyi, the famous human rights activist who was released from house arrest during the joint Spyrian-Marimaian-Hudecian-Indian invasion. Rangoon is probably propped-up largely by Spyr, and a little bit by Mumbai. After all, it was us who invaded the place to begin with!

But Spyr will probably have the answers.

OOC: Of course, this is very secret IC :) . We're a freedom-loving and peaceful country officially.

(BTW, do the Apostles even exist on an official basis?)

OCC: AMW Burma is led by Aung San Suu Kyi, the famous human rights activist who was released from house arrest during the joint Spyrian-Marimaian-Hudecian-Indian invasion. Rangoon is probably propped-up largely by Spyr, and a little bit by Mumbai. After all, it was us who invaded the place to begin with!

But Spyr will probably have the answers.

OOC: Oi! She was released by the Marimaians when they invaded on their own, you guys came in as peacekeepers afterwards.

You guys may be supporting her now, but no revisionist history....I'm watching you.....

Apologies for that OT muttering.

OCC: Sorry.

Thus ends Mumbai's involvement in this story...

OOC: Hmmm...I don't know. I don't think the Apostles have any interest in overthrowing a democracy; when we made our deal I assumed that Burma was in the same state as it was in RL; a brutal dictatorship.

What do you mean, officially? ICly or OOCly? ICly, their existance is top secret, but OOC I think AMW agreed to them.

OOC: I had thought that Burma was a half-baked pseudo-democracy. Can Spyr enlighten us on the current state?

[OOC: Well, Suu Kyi's democratic government is probably doing better now than it was before the Marimaian collapse... unlike the NeoSuunists, the Strainists haven't been in a position to put much pressure on Burma in a political sense. The economic relationship is a close one, and political relations are very friendly.

The actual government in Burma has some difficulties... remnants of the old junta transformed into bandits, for example... but Suu Kyi and her government are dedicated to democracy and upholding an array of human rights. Compared to the newer SE-Asian states, Burma is probably doing quite well.]

...main opposition party - the National League for Democracy (NLD) - winning a landslide victory, the ruling junta refused to hand over power. NLD leader and Nobel Peace Prize recipient AUNG SAN SUU KYI, who was under house arrest from 1989 to 1995 and 2000 to 2002, was imprisoned in May 2003 and is currently under house arrest. In November 2005, the junta announced it was extending her detention for at least another six months. Her supporters, as well as all those who promote democracy and improved human rights, are routinely harassed or jailed.


Alright, a bit confused here. You guys speak as if Suu Kyi is in charge in RL, but my sources say that she's under arrest. So what exactly is the situation?

OOC: Heh, I'm confused by all this confusion. Myanmar, in AMW, was invaded ages ago, before Marimaia collapsed. Now, Suu Kyi is Burma's head of government. Surely this was all clear at LRR's post... what's going on? Stop ignoring LRR, people, he might snap, someday!

OOC: I thought that's what he meant, but everyone's giving me a contradictory opinion, and all of this happened pre-AMW. Alright, AMW China, just pick some other, more unsavory SE Asian place to topple

OOC: LRR, mind if you post your link at NS Wiki? I remember seeing something about this there...

OCC: Eh, well, DNK is the best-informed about the whole situation I'd think. And Spyr. That was about the Malacca War, and didn't mention Burma except in passing, so there won't be anything about the current situation there.

(OOC: Let's consider this retconned, should have done my research beforehand)