The eastern hemisphere of planet Earth, including China, India and Australia in 2154
The original Khan
Party Chairman Mao, seen in the time stream
Federation citizen Ray Tsing in 2268
Prime Directive-violating captain and Omega IV native
China is a nation-state that existed on Earth before the formation of the United Earth Government. A likely member of the ECON during Earth's Third World War, its government may not have survived. (Star Trek: First Contact)
Chinese philosopher Sun Tzu wrote The Art of War in the 4th century BC. (TNG: "The Last Outpost"; ENT: "Divergence")
The Great Wall of China was constructed in the 3rd century BC. (VOY: "11:59")
The Sung dynasty ruled all or part of China in the 13th century. (TNG: "Code of Honor")
The Mongolian Empire founded by Genghis Khan covered most of Asia. His grandson Kubilai overran the vestigial Sung and thenceforth ruled all of China and more from the splendid capital Xanadu. Here the Khan of mythical "Cathay" (China) was sought out by several Europeans including Marco Polo. (citation needed • edit)
In 1932 seven women fell victim to the Redjac entity in Shanghai, the major port in this country. (TOS: "Wolf in the Fold")
In 1972 Mao Zedong, chairman of the Chinese Communist Party, received US President Richard Nixon. Their alliance against the Soviet Union was a major turning-point in the planet's Cold War, and affected the ongoing Brush Wars to China's south. Nixon was a VIP tourist on the Great Wall. (citation needed • edit)
During San Francisco's Bell Riots, Biddle Coleridge believed that even the Chinese were watching. (DS9: "Past Tense, Part II")
In the Federation Era the Tsing family, of Chinese descent, took part in the first expedition to Triacus; only the son Ray survived. (TOS: "And the Children Shall Lead")
In 2268 the situation on Neural reminded Captain Kirk of Earth's 20th century Brush Wars, and the Kohms of Omega IV reminded him of Asian communists. (TOS: "A Private Little War", "The Omega Glory")
In 2293 Spock stated that the Vulcans have a proverb: "Only Nixon could go to China." (Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country) The reference is to that politician's well-established anti-communist reputation, which shielded him from domestic opposition to his dealings with Mao. (citation needed • edit)
In 2364 Captain Picard presented planetary ruler Lutan with a Sung Dynasty horse statue on the occasion of the USS Enterprise-D's visit to Ligon II. (TNG: "Code of Honor")
In 2365 Picard, commenting on the hitherto indeterminate location of Iconia, reminded Wesley Crusher that China, too, had been thought a myth until Marco Polo reported his own journey there. (TNG: "Contagion")
In 2371 Harry Kim, asked by Captain Janeway about Neelix's food, recited the ancient Chinese curse "May you live in interesting times." (VOY: "The Cloud")
Locations
- The Great Wall
- Tiananmen Square (see USS Tian An Men)
- Shanghai
- Yangtze River (see USS Yangtzee Kiang)
- Tibet
Related topics
- Chinese finger trap
- Chinese food
Background
The writer's guide for Star Trek: Voyager stated that Harry Kim was of Chinese ancestry (like actor Garrett Wang who played him), but he was not an inhabitant of China – it was later revealed that his family resided in South Carolina.
Early drafts of Star Trek: First Contact were to have said that China was a leading member of the Eastern Coalition in the Third World War, but it was decided that politics didn't really matter to the story, so the lines were cut.
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