I'm bored. So China is gone.

[Tetsu]

Tommorow, June 19th, 2005, the world wakes up and the People's Republic of China has been replaced by water. How does the world react to the map of the world suddenly looking like this?


http://img232.echo.cx/img232/9262/nochina5yt.gif

[DarkSlavik]

The US is happy now because the trade deficite has now been reduced by at least half, taiwan is upset now because they have nothing to complain over, russia has more coastline so there happy, the "stans" now have coastlines so they can trade, north korea now has lost a ally.

[Jer8m8]

The price of oil and many other raw materials experience a sharp drop, alarming OPEC...

The Mongolian navy (Yes they have one, and they even register ships as a "flag of convienence") takes on a more significant meaning

[DuQuense]

The Ganges and the Indus dry up. India and Burma go into chaos.

[Gedca]

I laughed so hard when I read the title to this thread.

[TheLoneAmigo]

Hendryk explodes in burst of flames wiping out half of France?

[Glen]

Taiwan gets back its Permanent Security Council seat as the 'only' China.

Planners scramble to reschedule the Olympics.

Prices of consumer goods rise until other countries can rev up production.

North Korea teeters on the brink of complete implosion or launching a nuclear strike because they are now alone.

Lots more coastline for Asian nations as previously mentioned.

ASB hunters go mad trying to find the buggers that took China.

World mourns the loss of the Hong Kong Martial Arts film industry (You ISOTed Master Wu, now prepare to die!).

Kyoto protocols have to be re-written giving countries more slack now that there is no China production of Greenhouse gases (see, the US was right...wait a minute, they must have known China was going to disappear...is Cheney an ASB?)

[Tetsu]

I laughed so hard when I read the title to this thread.

Glad to be of service. :rolleyes:

[GBW]

Glad to be of service. :rolleyes:
Well, it does seem to confer ASBhood upon you. :D

"Damn, I'm bored... TV? Nah. A book? No... China replaced by water? Why not?"

~tetsu-katana idly waves and *poof* China's gone~

[Tetsu]

Well, it does seem to confer ASBhood upon you. :D

"Damn, I'm bored... TV? Nah. A book? No... China replaced by water? Why not?"

~tetsu-katana idly waves and *poof* China's gone~

Ah, don't I wish... ;)

[aktarian]

Oceans drop couple of cms.

Couple of countries start "visit our beaches and you can jump into water from, like, realy high up."

[mattep74]

Kazakstahn and all the other countries in inner Asia gets a more wet climate since now they are closer to water that produces rain and there are no obstacles like there is now for the humidity to reach the arrid land. Inner siberia gets a more scandinavian climate

[Mike Stearns]

India and Nepal now have some truly spectacular mountain views on their new northern sea coast. Nepal also gets a new source of revineu from fishing.

[DarkSlavik]

Afghanistan now has a coastline, BTW what should we call the sea that was once china?

[Hermanubis]

Afghanistan now has a coastline, BTW what should we call the sea that was once china?
Sea of Han? Ocean of T’ang?

[Glen]

Afghanistan now has a coastline, BTW what should we call the sea that was once china?

The China Sea, of course<g> Maybe the North China Sea to distinguish it from the South China Sea?

[Glen]

Hmm, Jammu and Kashmir is now coastal property. Squabbling over it intensifies?

[DarkSlavik]

I just realised, without a billion chinese we can't say the phrase "and confucous once said, A billion hun chinese don't give a sh*t".

[Glen]

Afghanistan now has a coastline,

Barely, just barely. But yes, they have a corridor to the sea.

[Kurt_Steiner]

The China Sea, of course<g> Maybe the North China Sea to distinguish it from the South China Sea?

The Sea of Boredom?

By the way, fellas...

beware what ya da when you're bored...

And now, something completely different...

Mr tetsu-katana... do you get bored quite often? If it is so, should any other countries get worried?

[DarkSlavik]

heres a pic of the geography
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v227/DarkSlavik/Cina.png

[Kurt_Steiner]

Korea is almost an island... amazing... what are the taiwanese gonna do? Which land are going to recover for their announced return to the true china?

[Tetsu]

Mr tetsu-katana... do you get bored quite often? If it is so, should any other countries get worried?

I don't know... I'm feeling a little uninspired right now, in fact... I'm looking at you, Belgium... :cool:

That's a badass map, DarkSlavik.

[Kurt_Steiner]

I don't know... I'm feeling a little uninspired right now, in fact... I'm looking at you, Belgium... :cool:

That's a badass map, DarkSlavik.

Not so fast... I have some friends in Belgium.

Can you turn Spain (but don't touch Catalonia) into another lake, please?

[Dave Howery]

except for the ones in zoos, pandas are extinct :(

[DarkSlavik]

if you want to know were I got that pic from, its from a game called SuperPower2, it is the best geopolitical game there is, and it is good for alternate history.

[Imajin]

Korea is almost an island... amazing... what are the taiwanese gonna do? Which land are going to recover for their announced return to the true china?
Actually, Taiwan also claims Mongolia as a part of China...

[Darkest]

Would Mount Everest dissappear? I can't remember what country our tallest mountain resides in.

[Rex Imperator]

Would Mount Everest dissappear? I can't remember what country our tallest mountain resides in.

It, um, resides in Nepal, my friend. :)

[Gedca]

It, um, resides in Nepal, my friend. :)Well reaminder of the Hiylmalayas outside of China will slip in the North China Sea Anyway.

[Darkest]

It, um, resides in Nepal, my friend.

Thanks. With all this history stuff I have to remember to figure out AH, I forgot about Everest!

Nepal would have a really tall cliff bordering the new China Sea, no fishing for them. Same with a few other countries. But, they may just have a future in bungie jumping...

[Rex Imperator]

if you want to know were I got that pic from, its from a game called SuperPower2, it is the best geopolitical game there is, and it is good for alternate history.

Hey! I love that game! The first time I played it, I did something which America and Russia contemplated but never actually did during the Cold War: I had the US launch each and every nuclear missile it had in its inventory at Russia! Take that for "alternate history"!

Aaahhhh....I felt much better after those nuclear strikes. Of course, the Russians responded and pretty soon the game ended with an inhospitable planet Earth. Needless to say, humankind lost. :rolleyes:

[DominusNovus]

The US is happy now because the trade deficite has now been reduced by at least half
Huh? Walmart is so fucked. Prices are gunna jump there for awhile.

What is a trade deficit, anyway? Think about it. Its China giving us consumer products, while we give them pieces of paper, and tell them that those pieces of paper are worth something. Who's getting fucked? :cool:

[DarkSlavik]

Huh? Walmart is so fucked. Prices are gunna jump there for awhile.

What is a trade deficit, anyway? Think about it. Its China giving us consumer products, while we give them pieces of paper, and tell them that those pieces of paper are worth something. Who's getting fucked? :cool:

yay walmart is doomed in this scenario!

[Tetsu]

Nepal would have a really tall cliff bordering the new China Sea, no fishing for them. Same with a few other countries. But, they may just have a future in bungie jumping...

Yeah, I thought about that. Nepal's border with China has turned into a ten-thousand foot cliff, dropping straight down into the sea. Makes for some very spectacular views!

[Hendryk]

Hendryk explodes in burst of flames wiping out half of France?
BOOM!!!

Paris, AFP: This just in: the town of Tours has suffered its worst catastrophe since the battle of 732 when a mysterious explosion wiped out most of it, destroying countless historical buildings and killing thousands. The possibilty of a terrorist strike by Islamist radicals eager to avenge the Moors' defeat against Charles Martel hasn't been ruled out.

Well, at least with Taiwan, Singapore and the various overseas communities, there are still about 50 million Chinese left in the world.
It's kind of unfair for the Tibetans, though. I can imagine how they'll break the news to the Dalai-Lama:

"Your Holiness, there's good news and bad news. The good news is, China is gone. The bad news is, so is Tibet."

[Flocculencio]

Yeah, I thought about that. Nepal's border with China has turned into a ten-thousand foot cliff, dropping straight down into the sea. Makes for some very spectacular views!

This is also going to make for some seriously weird weather- a sea bordered along it's entire southern flank but a huge cliff, rising tens of thousands of feet. Mongolia and the -stan's had better not celebrate too soon- not even the Compassionate Buddha knows what kind of storm systems that thing's going to throw up.

Super hurricanes zooming around the New China Sea, bouncing off the Himalayan cliffs and heading straight for Mongolia.

Uh-oh...

[EmptyOne]

If we are going to get rid of China, we should keep Tibet.

[Tetsu]

If we are going to get rid of China, we should keep Tibet.

Nope. All territory ruled by the People's Republic of China, disregarding the fact that it doesn't want to be, is gone.

Although Tibet with a sea coast would be interesting.

Too bad it ain't happenin'. :p

[reformer]

I hate to say this, but after the storms die down, the world would be a much safer and free'er place. Meanwhile, China would have its own little world. . .

[Count Dearborn]

And I suppose the idea of Chinese food disappears along with it.

[Tetsu]

I hate to say this, but after the storms die down, the world would be a much safer and free'er place. Meanwhile, China would have its own little world. . .

Not really. China, and everyone in it, is gone, plain and simple. They didn't get transported to another world, they simply disappeared.

[Gedca]

And I suppose the idea of Chinese food disappears along with it.NOOO, my life is over.

[Tetsu]

And I suppose the idea of Chinese food disappears along with it.

Hah! Please. I can go down to the grocery store five minutes from my house and get some orange chicken. I would never destroy their wonderful culinary brilliance!

[anzac 15]

We've been going through a pretty nasty drought down here in oz for years now,maybe all that extra ocean changes the weather patterns enougth so the asian monsoon weather extends all the way into australia again.
The desert continent gets wet and green,changes its name to greenland(a 1000 angry eskimoes and 2 vikings threaten legal action)pretty soon 50 million expatriate chinese emigrate to australia because of new job opportunities and a new chinese super power is born....