Despite the modern hysteria and questions surrounding super-heroics, most people in the world do not question the need for superheroes to protect the planet. This extended even into countries like China, which feared the effects of western heroes would have if they were given full access to the country. Compromised metahumans could foment unrest and even topple the government.
The Ministry of Self-Reliance was intended to deal with this issue by forming its own team of super-functionaries known as the Great Ten. Composed of the Accomplished Perfect Physician, August General in Iron, Celestial Archer, Ghost Fox Killer, Five Patriotic Brothers, Immortal Man in Darkness, Mother of Champions, Radiant Guardsman, Shaolin Robot and Thundermind.
Most of the Great Ten were either born from mythic legends in Chinese territory or had been created using alien technology in their Great Wall facility. The Five Patriotic Brothers and the Radiant Guardsman, known as the Collective Man and Radioactive Man in the West added knowledge of American and European superheroes, should that information be necessary. August General in Iron, the leader of the Great Ten, once served on the United Nations Global Guardians, which added additional credibility to the Great Ten.
Their deaths in the Watchtower left the country vulnerable, but the Ministry had already had plans in motion that would deal with this crisis. There had been plans to increase the Great Ten to the Great Twenty, adding ten new super-functionaries to the line-up. Now a plan was put into place to use individuals to form a new Justice League of China, a group of world protectors headquartered in Asia.
The first of these super-functionaries have been unveiled - Super-Man, infused with Kryptonian DNA, Bat-Man, graduate from the mysterious Academy of the Bat, Dragonson the Aqua-Man, North Korean imbued with Atlantean magic; Flash, empowered by a freak Speed Force storm; The Lantern Corp, using reverse-engineered Oan technology; and Wonder-Woman, the mythical "green snake" from Chinese myth.
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