March To War

The Chinese President Flew to Manchuria were he met the Russian President in the Manchurian Provincial capital. There they signed the first of 4 treaties. The first dealt with all border disputes between the two permanently settling the issues and setting up a border commission. The Second Treaty was a trade agreement between the two. The third Treaty was the Mutual Non-aggression Treaty which would prevent a war between the two. The Fourth Traty was not completed as there were still a lot of disagreements but it would have been a mutual aid and security pact.
 
The three treaties marked what the new Chinese President hoped was the beginning of a new era for China. The Nationalist Chinese President hoped that this would lead to China taking a more powerful roll in the world and not being blocked by whatever power was affraid of China doing something that they didn't like. The Chinese leader hoped that the new security pacts might negate PATO.

It appeared that relations with Vietnam were on the mend and that that country would not join PATO. Chinese Pressure on the Kingdom of Laos resulted in that country signing a tade and non-aggression Pact with China. Thailand however, became the latest country to join PATO.

China looked at Burma and all it saw was a mess the strongman central government had been replaced by a new Confederation of Burmese states that was having problems. The central government was much weaker and it was having some problems getting things done.

India_ Relations between India and China had improved until new of the China-Pakistan Mutual Security Pact broke. Now relations were frosty at best.
 
Russia's President now offered a non-aggression pact to each of the Baltic states if each would agree to a minor border adjustment. It also announce a Mutual Security Pact with Armenia.

Russia once again turned to the Kingdom of Finland offering to purchase land bordering the White Sea.
 
The Baltic states were very leary of any agreement with Russia and express a desire for a German team to sit in on the talks. Russia surprised them by agreeing and then came up with border adjustments which saw Russia gaining from 250 meters to a kilometer. The talks were adjourned as each side returned to discuss the matter with their Governments.

Finland for the third time rejected the sale of the land to Russia. It might be wilderness but the Finns were totally distrustful of their neighbor.

Finally came news from Moscow and Chungking that a Sino-Russian Mutual Security Pact had been signed. The Pact sent shock waves through Toyko, Washington, Seoul, Taipei, London, Canberra, Paris, Bangkock, New Delhi, Singapore and Wellington.
 
The Chinese President managed to twist enough arms to have his masterpiece treaty ratified by the now lame duck parliament. The Reform Party called foul. The were demonstrations but the President stood his ground and the Chinese military were studying the document to see if it was as bad as the Reform Party made it . Some Chinese Military officers were still bitter over the Sino-Russian War while others argued that it was a new day.
 
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