Cheung Corporation
Formed in 2132, Cheung Corp appeared on the scene during the chaotic period following the First Exodus.
Cheung Corp has since bought out scores of smaller companies and gained ownership of many privatised government assets. As a result the board membership includes private citizens and members of the Chinese Consortium government and military.
The corporation is engaged in business in virtually every industry and also designs and manufactures almost all the technologies currently in use by the Chinese Consortium Ministry of Communications, Ministry of Transportation, and ChinaCorps. With such a controlling hold on the markets in Chinese Consortium territories both on Earth and in the colonies, the corporation has naturally grown rich and powerful.
They have a regional office in Midgard City, Callisto.
Structure
Ownership: Board 48%; Government 22%; Private investors 30%
Culture
Origins: Chinese
Assets
Share price: E$49.73
GDP: E$76.2 billion
History
2132 - Cheung Corp founded
Cheung Corp is founded from a three-way merger of the largest Chinese corporations of the time.
2136 - The Tharsis Dispute
The largest and most famous of the territorial disputes in the early 22nd Century, following a series of land-grabs by competing megacorps on Mars. The Tharsis Dispute is sparked when fighting breaks out on the Tharsis Bulge between corporate security teams from Cheung Corp and rivals EnerTek . The UEF deploys peacekeeping troops to act as a buffer between the two megacorps.
2138 - The Tau Ceti War
There are corporate clashes after both EnerTek and Cheung Corp hire mercenaries to protect their further afield assets, following the Tharsis Dispute two years earlier. Revenge attacks by both sides quickly cause matters to escalate out of control. Undercover support flows in from Chinese and American factions on Earth, resulting in the conflict spreading across the system.
2140 - The Viking Treaty
The Viking Treaty of 2140, signed at the Mars colony, brings an end to the fighting at Tau Ceti after almost 18 months of conflict.
The breaking point comes when Cheung mercenaries deploy tactical nuclear weapons against opposing EnerTek forces at Kow-Lang, resulting in the deaths of over a thousand civilian colonists. A UEAF taskforce is despatched to Tau Ceti and a peace accord is brokered. Though neither of the protagonists is entirely satisfied, it is financially unacceptable to prolong a war that shows no sign of victory for either side.
The conflict also shows that the UEF is simply not organised or equipped to police and govern the ever growing number of colonies out beyond the Core Systems, forcing the creation of the Colonial Act.
Trade & Transport
Sectors: Energy, metals, colony management, terraforming, machinery, chemicals, food and general merchandise
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