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James McMurray
post Jul 9 2007, 03:56 AM
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Anyone know what's going on with China in the 2070s? My next character is from there, so I need a little background on the area.

Thanks!
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post Jul 9 2007, 04:01 AM
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http://wiki.dumpshock.com/index.php/China

Hey James. Most of the info is in Shadows of Asia, while Hong Kong took the spotlight in Runner Havens. You might be interested in picking either one up.
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post Jul 9 2007, 04:02 AM
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Sounds like somewhat inconsistant stuff has come out of a handful of books. I'd suggest checking out the sixth world wiki to get an idea.

I want to say that Hong Kong has actually gotten the spotlight a couple times though.
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post Jul 9 2007, 06:35 AM
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Forget all the official stuff..
..Why not have China as Chung Kuo [as per the books - very advanced, no/little knowledge of the west, oppressive, etc] !!


Just my thruppence..
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post Jul 9 2007, 10:53 AM
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QUOTE (sunnyside @ Jul 8 2007, 11:02 PM)
I want to say that Hong Kong has actually gotten the spotlight a couple times though.

It has been mentioned in a few books, but it's an SR4 signature setting in Runner Havens.
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James McMurray
post Jul 9 2007, 02:40 PM
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Thanks! I forgot I had Runner Havens tucked away on my hard drive, now I've got a reason to dig it out and read it. :)
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post Jul 9 2007, 03:20 PM
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Yeah, Runner Havens is an excellent source for Hong Kong, it really brings the city to life and presents it as a wonderfull setting.

However you'd be far better off just to pretend that the book was named "New Hong Kong" and skip the Seattle section entirely, in my opinion.
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post Jul 9 2007, 07:06 PM
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QUOTE (Ravor)

However you'd be far better off just to pretend that the book was named "New Hong Kong" and skip the Seattle section entirely, in my opinion.

Aw, the Seattle section is not that bad when you consider that we already have Seattle Sourcebook and New Seattle. Without those however...

The four other sections however, pretty much useless.
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post Jul 10 2007, 08:01 AM
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Exactly, and in my opinion it's a crying shame that the primary Shadowrun City has been done justice in Sourcebooks meant for older Editions with what is now outdated information but was given a short and dirty straw in Fourth.
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post Jul 10 2007, 08:23 AM
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Major thing to keep in mind re SoA is that China is far from a single-toned political entity. Anything you can find in the rest of the world, you can probably find within one of the Chinese provinces -- and probably some extra, utterly unique in the world. Which province was it that had free-ish spirits of man so common, so habitual within the society, that no one even batted an eye to meet one in the street?
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post Jul 10 2007, 09:58 AM
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That would be Manchuria.

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