Li Peng (The Era of Relative Peace)

Li Peng was the Premier of the People's Republic of China during World War III. During the Tiananmen Square Protests of 1989, Li declared martial on May 20, 1989 and ordered the PLA crackdown on the student protesters in the square.

He initially stayed neutral in the beginning stages of the war but as soon as hardline stance took over the National People's Congress, Li declared war on the United States and NATO. Chinese forces then attacked South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, the Philippines, Guam, the Marianas, Japan, Burma, Nepal, and India. He also ordered the Chinese to send troops to support Soviet forces in Alaska. However, declaring war on a superpower was his own undoing. The Chinese offensives were driven back in almost all places they attacked, save for Hong Kong which fell after four weeks of resistance - though it was eventually retaken by the Commonwealth.

Disgruntled Chinese soldiers returning home, as well as many ordinary civilians still enraged over the June 4 Incident, began fighting back against loyalist PLA; igniting the Second Chinese Civil War. Seeing an opportunity, the Tibetans and the Ughyurs fought back in an effort to declare independence from the communist party.

Multiple cities fell to rebel hands before they encircled Beijing. Li and several high ranking officials were captured by rebel forces as they stormed the Zhongnanhai. They were to escape in a secret leadership bunker located in the Greater Kunlun Mountains. Li and the officials were placed under house arrest for the remainder of their lives, as new president Zhao Ziyang of the newly established Chinese Federated Union ruled out death penalty.