Korean War II 90s style:A Collaborative TL

[Jaguar4life]

I thought it would be fun to do a Collaborative Timeline based on what if Bill Clinton and the UN went tougher on North Korea.

So come on in write along but don't get too unrealistic.

June 18th 1994:After several days of thinking. Secretary of State Warren Christopher and Un Ambassador Madeleine Albright head over to the UN General Headquarters in New York to propose UN sanctions against North Korea. Fearing that they will attack soon and to find the supply of energy weapons in Pyongyang

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September 2nd, 1994: North Korean troops cross the border and the Second Korean War begins.

(I can jump back in the timeline to add more of the lead up to the conflict, right?)

Yes you can

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July 19, 1994: Special Envoy to China Claiborne Pell and Russian Special Envoy to China Grigory Yavlinsky meet with Rong Yiren, Qian Qichen, and Wan Li. The two also meet secretly with Zhao Ziyang, Sergei Khrushchev, Wang Dan, Yan Mingfu, and Wu'erkaixi, with the knowledge of Yiren. Between them, Yiren agrees to help communications with double agents Hwang Jang-yop, Park Sang-hak, Kyong Wonha, recently reinstated(thanks to Hwang Jang-yop's influence) chief presidential security officer for Son Jong-Nam, and Jang Song-thaek. The next leader will be decided at a later date.

(Can we start doing, say, four or five sentence updates instead of just one-two sentence updates?)

You can do whatever you want.

[Jaguar4life]

June 18th, 1994

The Chinese delegation leave the United Nations during the Albright's speech. Citing the belief that the United States is asserting imperialism in East Asia, the Chinese government warns it's citizens abroad of immenent danger and requests they return home.

June 19th, 1994

The U.K. government announces it's intent to stand with the United States. The British garrison in Hong Kong is put on high alert. The United Kingdom releases a statement that in the event of war with China, the transfer of Hong Kong will be null and void.

June 21st

Pro-democracy protests erupt in major Chinese cities. While many of the participants were students, many Chinese businessmen come out against the possibility of war, an act of defiance against the Chinese government. China mobilizes troops near Hong Kong and places Guangzhou, Shanghai, and Beijing under martial law.

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July 2, 1994:

Rong Yiren places Jiang Zimen, Li Peng, Zhang Zhen, and half a dozen others on house arrest. Qaio Shi, Liu Xiaobo, Wei Jingsheng, Zhao Ziyang, and Li Changchun assist Yiren in what is essentially a coup.


July 3:
Qin Jiwei, Xu Qinxian, and a group of reformist and moderate officers arrested hardline officers, and then, with a group of student protestors numbering 40,000, sieged and arrested the Chinese leadership. Zhu Rongji and Wang Dan led a large segment of the populace in this march, and then they negotiated an agreement with Yiren to keep a ceasefire and current leadership until the Korean Crisis is over.

June 28th 1994:President Clinton puts the US Military on high alert