I played this game a shit ton as a kid, and I can't get over the fact that it released little over a month before the American invasion of Iraq in 2003. IIRC, the first American mission features a cutscene of tanks running over the Victory Arch.
The storyline revolves around America and the PRC fighting a witldwide terrorist front called the "Global Liberation Army".
Ah yes the thinly veiled facade was also amusing lol