Ganatlai War

The Ganatlai War (Mandarin:加拿来战争, Jiānálái Zhànzhēng) was the first major hostile interaction between Human and Viechtyren powers.

Background
Before the war, Ganatlai was divided into two states across the equator. The northern hemisphere was controlled by the PRC, and named New Jilin (新吉林). The southern hemisphere was Viechtyren-controlled and simply called Ganatlai.

Beginning of the conflict
The Chinese discovered a large amount of coltan and other minerals in the equatorial rainforest of Ganatlai and began extensive mining operations there. The border in this area was ill-defined. The Chinese claimed the border was a straight line across the equator, the Viechtyren claimed it was the Desak river that straddled the equator. In response, Viechtyren protestors motivated by both environmental concerns and political concerns blockaded the sole bridge over the Desak, constructed by the Chinese to lead to the Deisezhuang Mine. The result was known as the Desak Massacre or "Viechtyren Tiananmen" in which over 90% of the protestors were killed or arrested, the only ones to make it out free fled into the rainforest.

Ramifications and effects beyond Ganatlai
The Ganatlai War was an extremely important turning point in Human-Viechtyren relations. Before the battle, relations between the two civilisations were limited to occasional trading. Communities of Viechtyren in human cities and vice versa were not uncommon. All of this changed after the battle. Pogroms against humans, especially those of East Asian descent, were commonplace during the war. The inverse was also true. Despite their neutrality in the war, the Chinese-founded Chang’e Republic was host to one of the bloodiest pogroms of all, named the Yueshi Massacre.