The Chinese Philosophers

The Chinese Philosophers was the Chinese faction of the Philosophers formed after World War II.

History
When the members of the Wisemen's Committee (the original group of the Philosophers) died after World War II, these funds were divided and hidden in secret bank accounts in Switzerland, Hong Kong, Australia, and other such economic strongholds; the deposition known only by a select few. The records of the transactions were stored on a single microfilm; the only means to access the vast fortune. This fortune became known as the Philosophers' Legacy.

With the death of the Wisemen's Committee and the loss of the Legacy, the whole organization lost control with tensions rising between the nations and among the Philosophers, tearing the group and the world into three superpowers; America, Russia, and China. Cause and effect were as one; the tension between the three feuding remnants of the Philosophers was the hidden face of the Cold War as each group attempted to concentrate power in their own nation. One of the main reasons why the Cold War started was the rivalry and fight for the Legacy, between the three nations. All of the three nations were fighting for the wealth since they required the Philosophers' Legacy to win the Cold War and become the dominant superpower. In the midst of the chaos, the Philosophers's financial manager was able to maintain complete control of it when its leadership died.

In 1964, the Chinese Philosophers had an agent infiltrated Groznyj Grad in order to steal the Legacy from Colonel Volgin and The Russian Philosophers. A week later, the agent posed as EVA in order to assist Naked Snake (the unknowing agent of The American Philosophers. After Snake elimated both Colonel Volgin and The Boss, EVA returned with data on the Shagohod but was subsequently fired for failing to retrieve the Legacy, because Ocelot (the American Philosophers' triple agent) took possession of the Legacy for the American Philosophers. It's unknown what specifically happened to the Chinese Philosophers after Zero ended the Philosophers in 1970 and led The reorganized American Philosophers to eventually gaining worldwide omnipotence and become as tyrannical as the organization that had been overthrown.