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The Great Wall and Menagerie of China; I think it's supposed to be here according to Eden
Topic Started: Nov 8 2016, 07:50 PM (638 Views)
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America. In this modern age the closest a country can come to global domination short of actually conquering the world. But how does America do this? How does it influence the people of the world so thoroughly? Through cultural dominance. America is one of the most well known places in the world. Disneyland, The Grand Canyon, Yellowstone Park, all of these attractions have been made known to the outside world and through this along with advertising and Hollywood movies, America has managed to dominate the world if not in reality then in spirit.

China, the next contestant for global domination is superior to America in every way except militarily and, most importantly, culturally. What attractions can you think of that are uniquely Chinese? Besides Beijing, Shanghai, Macau and Hong Kong what other places do you know of in China that are known globally? Whereas in America you could roll the names of at least ten of their states of your tongue without any problem whatsoever. This is what makes China second to America. Short of bombing America to rubble, the only way they can truly conquer the globe is through cultural means and that is what this project is all about. But it can't only be about alternate history, there must also be evolution. This is Spec after all so after the introduction of the animals and all that stuff we shall look into how they evolve with one another, cut off from the outside world.

The Great Wall and Menagerie of China

December 3rd 1989
In this universe, China recognized the main reason for America's dominance and influence over the globe was due to its cultural dominance. Thus the Chinese government began a project that would be able to shake America's dominance from the throne and place theirs there in its place. It was called, the Great Menagerie of China.
Using the low cost labor and numbers available to them due to their massive population they began construction on the Menagerie in 1989 December the 3rd. Completion of this was estimated to be around the 21st century. They picked a million square kilometer area of land around the Yellow River to begin construction. First, they dug into the ground creating an unnatural closed in valley shaped like a bowl. Then, they shored up the walls of this valley making them higher and stronger.
Upon completion of the walls, the Yellow River was diverted with the use of massive dams and canals dug to divert the flow of the water until the river went underground and came up in the valley, flowing to the other side before disappearing back underground and flowing out of the valley on the opposite side.
Now for the final touches on the Menagerie, they fused it with the Great Wall of China. Disassembling the wall brick by brick, they made it wrap all the way around the Menagerie, at the same time reinforcing the ancient stone with modern concrete, mortar and rebar then plating the wall with a thin coat of steel until the entire thing gleamed in the sun like a giant ribbon made of mirrors.
It took longer than the projected time of 11 years stretching to 27 years but in the year 2017 it was ready for public release

February 26 1990
While the Menagerie was being constructed, other members of the project were debating on what animals should be introduced into the menagerie. There would be a whole host of smaller unremarkable lizards and birds released but there would also be the main attractions which was their source of debate.

They finally decided the animals would consist of those from the zodiac along with other famous ones.
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These animals would then be experimented on to see if they could make them more attractive to the tourists coming to view the animals in a laboratory the size of ten aircraft hangars underground and adjacent to the Menagerie. 90% of the space available to them in the laboratory was given purely to enormous banks of supercomputers operating in parallel computation resulting in unimaginable computing power. These computers were put to work decoding the animals DNA and allowing them to genetically engineer them. The first of these to be released would be the genetically engineered iconic Panda Bear, the most famous Chinese animal.

List of engineered animals
Edited by Dakka!, Nov 10 2016, 08:25 PM.
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The workers are confined to the construction site and their families are "held in a safe place for their own good". They are not allowed to enter the Lab area. The geneticists don't have family their doing this purely for scientific curiosity.
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The workers are confined to the construction site and their families are "held in a safe place for their own good". They are not allowed to enter the Lab area. The geneticists don't have family their doing this purely for scientific curiosity.
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Thanks. I try.
DISCLAIMER:Warning, this project shall be hiatused for an indeterminate amount of time due to the project starter having a minor lack of interest in this region. Please excuse him.

Sincerely, W.C.K.Ds secretary.
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