The announcement for Beijing was made in 2001 so that's still going to happen, but then the Chinese government might have its hands full with the Second Great Depression to make a full spectacle out of it.
The 2004 Games will likely be cancelled out of fear of infection as well as no one else would be able to pick up the slack in time.
Marc A
2004 games are already cancelled because Athens was abandoned by the Greek government.
Now the butterflies make me wonder who gets the bid to host 2012, 2016, 2020, and 2024. Perhaps a city of OTL who didn't get the bid can host the next games for TTL.
Well, with the fall of Great Britain, said useless rocks will suddenly become a lot more symbolically important, in that they will serve as showing the world that the United Kingdom is still around as a polity. And the US might want to make it a point to show the world that it is NOT okay to pounce on one of their allies while they are facing serious domestic issues.
If it were useless rocks, Thatcher would not have sent the Royal Navy, Marines, SAS, SBS, and 2 PARAs to reclaim it from the Argentines in 1982.
Yes it is far, but you are correct that it along with the rest of the overseas territories, Isle of Wight, Isle of Man, Northern Ireland and the Channel Islands represent that the UK isn't dissolved.
American power will be severely reduced considering most of their allies were wiped out. This will accelerate absurdly the fall of the West.
On the other hand, with Putin having an almost carte blanche in Europe, the contradictions between China and Russia will surely emerge. In a world where the US doesn't have to compromise the security of their Eastern Europeans partners to appease Russia, considering said partners don't exist anymore, this whole talk about a Russo-American alliance becomes much more feasible and probably even likely.
American power is down but not out. In 2002, the U.S. is still enjoying almost a decade as the sole superpower. Russia and China in 2002 weren't aggressive yet.
Putin is more concerned of securing borders but yes, he has Ukraine, Belarus, Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia in his grasp since these areas were depopulated by the Rage Virus. One positive thing here is that NATO would not expand further eastward, thus sparing us of the New Cold War of the 2010s.
While not mentioned, it is implied the U.S. and NATO did share information to their Russian counterparts how to deal with the Ragers.
Well
kspence92 Time Line had most of Europe being overrun by the Rage Virus, so obviously that's the correct scenario and canonically in the universe of the 28 Days Later France was destined to fall to the Rage Virus.
But this thread has unofficially become the main topic thread for anything related to the 28 Days Later topic, so that is where most the confusion stems from since the events of the Virus breaking out again in London and catching a helicopter ride to France without somehow being blown out of the sky was "kind-of" far-fetched and the unlikely events of it successfully defeating the French Army, who unlike the British had 6 and half Months of wargaming, mobilizations, preparations and fortifications set up were annoying to say the least.
But of course in usual fashion the French defeated themselves first before the Rage Virus had time to even overrun the nation in kspence92 TL.
Talking about the Rage Virus if it had not spread out into Europe seems popular for pop culture reasons I guess, either that or Europe is forgotten altogether.
Most people online consider
@kspence92's timeline as the Spiritual Predecessor and Spiritual Successor, since we have yet to see 28 Months Later, if ever. For me, this TL is a canon to say at least.
Also what if Rage originated on Japan ,New Zealand ,Sri Lanka or Taiwan-would it still not have any chance to spread ?
Let's see now:
Japan - Would be screwed. Especially if the outbreak begins in Tokyo and the Bay Area. World's most populated city. Sure the JSDF is a strong military, but like their British counterparts, would not be prepared to deal with a severity of an outbreak. Even with 50,000 U.S. troops, it would not enough. Japan has a high population density rate and the geography has not much natural barriers. The Kanto plain would be a hotzone. Best option for the Japanese government, the Diet, and the Emperor is to head to Hokkaido in which the cold may affect the ragers (they are still human after all) or the Ryukyus. We also know the Tokyo Prefecture has some islands located deep in the Pacific, which has settlements such as Ogasawara. Saw a video it takes 24 hours to travel from Tokyo to Ogasawara via ferry so it would definitely survive.
New Zealand - there was a timeline of it back then in the day here:
Sri Lanka - Probably would be wiped out since it is a small island with a military equipped for its own internal security. India would definitely intervene here for the fear of it reaching the subcontinent, which we all know WOULD BE A VERY BAD idea. Sri Lanka may be bombed and salted to the earth by the Indian Air Force. Just praying it would not be a nuclear option.
Taiwan - There's a slight risk of the infection heading to the Ryukyus, mainland China, and the Philippines if not contained quickly. However, Beijing would be all to pleased to hear about this. If Deng was willing to nuke Hong Kong just to let Britain return it China, the Chinese President in this TL would be happy to use nuclear weapons to clear the infected in Taiwan. It would then present the opportunity for China to clean up Taiwan under the guise "of protecting and providing aid to the Taiwanese people" but everyone around the world already knows its a win for Beijing to get the renegrade province to heel. The world won't do anything about it either way but accept the status quo.