World War III

The Third World War (aka. Chinese: 战争的背叛; English: The Treacherous War) was a short, one hour conflict that was ended by the initialisation of the Seven Hour War, and the Combine Invasion of Earth. The conflict was a pre-emptive strike made by joint leaders of the United Nations (Russia, America, Britain, etc.) in order to acquire Disperser technology from the Norinco corporation of the People's Republic of China. The war was not highly publicised, or well known, as any media coverage, or political coverage of the event was overshadowed by the dawn of Combine invasion. The Casus Belli for the United Nations Emergency Response Force was that they were compelled to prevent Beijing's inferred desires of an Imperialist China.

The Geneva Incident
(15 June 2008)

Russo-American Alliance
(23 December 2009)

The Beijing-Norinco Dispute
(2 January 2010)

Beijing's Expulsion from the UNSC
(1 August 2010)