In the single-player campaigns, the United States and China act as allies with one another, in the hopes of combating the rising problems brought forth by the GLA, with the game's story focused on a chronological order of events that begins with China's campaign, followed by the GLA's campaign, and ending with the United States' campaign. China holds a military parade in Beijing to celebrate the strength of its armies, only for the GLA to attack the procession and detonating a stolen Chinese nuclear warhead that kills thousands. In response, China works to counter GLA cells operating across the country, leading to considerable damage. Despite this, China manages to stop further attacks and even hamper the GLA's toxin production operations, going on the offensive beyond its borders with air support from the United States. Eventually, the Chinese launch an assault into Tajikistan, upon the stronghold of the mastermind behind the country's attacks, using nuclear weapons to finally put an end to the GLA incursion. Despite their losses to the Chinese, the GLA maintains a strong presence across Asia and the Middle East, and retaliate by attacking American and Chinese forces, causing riots in Astana and raiding supplies being delivered by United Nations convoys. Eventually they target American forces, reclaiming bunkers storing toxin materials, and eliminate traitors attempting to use Chinese support. In order to demonstrate their might to the world, the GLA eventually assault the Baikonur Cosmodrome, decimating Chinese and American forces guarding it, and long-range toxin missiles at highly populated city to signal their victory. To counter the threat they pose, the United States works to eliminate their presence in the Middle East, eventually focusing their efforts on Kazakhstan. The initial effort fails, but after successfully withdrawing and regrouping, American forces regain the advantage, and begin pushing back against the GLA, despite efforts by a rogue Chinese general to support the terrorist outfit with a supply of nuclear weapons. Pushed back to their final stronghold - the capital of Akmola - a joint America-Chinese operation is launched to liberate the city, ending the tyranny of the GLA. After its release, "Generals" received mostly positive reviews. Based on 34 reviews, Metacritic gives it a score of 84/100, which includes a score of 9.3/10 from "IGN". "Generals" has received the E3 2002 Game Critics Awards Best Strategy Game award. In the United Kingdom, it sold over 100,000 units during the first half of 2003.