Mia Ganghong is the "Linchpin" of the episode of the same name, the 'first domino' whose fall will set in motion an unstoppable sequence of catastrophic events culminating in World War III and the collapse of the United States, according to the predictions of Professor Nelson Blakely. Her father, Xiang Ganghong, is an extremely powerful and influential businessman with links to the Chinese government, and the group behind "Pandora" hope to use him to bring down their enemies, the US Government.