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| Capital | Beijing (Before 1919) Nanjing (After 1919) | |||||||||||
| Language official |
Chinese | |||||||||||
| others | Mongolian, Tibetan, Uyghur | |||||||||||
| Religion main |
Confucians | |||||||||||
| others | Buddhists, Muslims, Taoists | |||||||||||
| Ethnic Groups main |
Han Chinese | |||||||||||
| others | Mongolians, Tibetans, Uyghurs | |||||||||||
| Government | Unitary absolute monarchy | |||||||||||
| Established | December 12, 1915 | |||||||||||
| Currency | Yuan | |||||||||||
The Xian Dynasty (Chinese: 憲朝, Xiàn Zhāo), officially referring to itself as the Empire of China (大中華帝國, Dà Zhōnghuá Dìguó), was sovereign state which existed between 1915 until 1945. The formation of a monarchy was proclaimed by Yuan Shikai (the Hongxian Emperor), ending the short-lived Republic of China and restoring dynastic rule in China.
In the chaos which followed the Xinhai Revolution general Yuan Shikai betrayed the liberal ideals which had founded the uprising. Leading a Coup Sikai's army took charge of the capital in Beijing,and drove the Republican Sun Yat Sen into exile. After Shikai's short reign, his eldest son Yuan Keding took the throne of the second emperor of the Xian house. Leading a relentless war against China's many warlords, Keding believed the spirit of Imperial China could only be restored with New Methods and Traditional Ideas' or (Chinese:{新方法與傳統觀念 Xīn fāngfǎ yǔ chuántǒng guānniàn). In all parts of life the dynasty took the mechanisms of a modern western state with the trappings of Traditional China to prepare for a campaign of vengeance across Asia against foreign powers. China's capital was moved southward from Beijing to the historic southern capital of Nanjing to reflect the Han centered focus of the empire. Resentment against minorities groups such as the Manchu and the Hui was fostered by Keding's family friend Prime Minister Wang Jingwei. Jingwei was inspired by the rise of Fascism in the West.
In a matter of twenty years the firm hands of Keding and Jingwei turned China into a rising industrial and armed power challenging both Modern Japan and European Colonialism for hegemony across the continent. Xian China took advantage of the outbreak of World War II in Europe and invaded French Indochina, British Hong Kong, British Burma and Thailand in Flash Yangtze campaigns.
While initially successful China's aggressive behavior provoked the Ire of a still neutral Japan. China brought Japan to war through a preemptive bombing strike on Hiroshima Harbor. In the following days of war declaration with Japan China invaded Korea and attempted to reclaim the Qing Island of Taiwan. Closer ties with the Third Reich prompted the Chinese to follow suit when the Germans invaded the Soviet Union with Operation Barbarossa. China waged war with all of its geographic neighbors in a series of 'final offensives' on Soviet Outer Manchuria, Mongolia, Afghanistan, Nepal British Bengal and Dutch Sumatra.By 1943 China's armed Juggernaut was stretched thin over thousands of miles of frontier.
The United States of America entry into the war on the allied side turned fortunes against China as they lost grip of their farthest territories. The fall of Germany in Europe in 1945 was a great threat to Xian China's survival as an sovereign state. Emperor Keding vowed to continue the war indefinitely regardless of the deteriorating situation. From Japanese bases, the Americans utilized their first Atomic bomb to destroy the strategic city of Tianjin, the Chinese continued to fight on until the second Atomic strike on the Capital City of Nanjing killing Yuan Keding and Wang Jingwei.With the loss of the emperor and the political leadership the remaining military leaders called for a truce.
By accords signed in the old Shanghai suburb of Zhujiaojiao the Xian Dynasty was formerly dissolved, and the Empire of China of the Southern Qing house was recreated to reflect pacifist values. Outlying countries not part of China Proper were ceded as in the case of Mongolia or released as the independent states of Uyghurstan, Manchuria and Tibet. Japanese garrisons would occupy China through the 1970's. The legacy of the empire remains as an infamous example of Ethnic aggression and Extreme Nationalism.
| The Empire of China 中華帝國 | ||||||
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 China at its Height, its client states in Light Green
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| Capital | Nanjing | |||||
| Languages | Mandarin Chinese, Mongolian, | |||||
| Religion | State Confucianism | |||||
| Political structure | Surrendered | |||||
| Emperor | Yuan Shikai | |||||
| Prime Minister | Chiang Kai Shek | |||||
| History | ||||||
| - | Established | 1915 | ||||
| - | Disestablished | 1945 | ||||
The Chinese Empire, known as 中華帝國 (Zhonghua Diguo) or Fascist China, refers to a period in Chinese History after Yuan Shikai's takeover in 1915 to the nuclear bombing of Beijing and Nanjing and the Chinese Surrender. This period saw increasing authoritarianism and isolation from other powers save Germany and Italy. During this time, China was under a cult of personality of the Yuan Family, with Yuan Keding becoming the next monarch.
China would start a war with the Soviet Union before the formal start of World War II. China quickly occupied Manchuria and Mongolia. China would also install puppet regimes in Burma and French Indochina while forcing Siam to become its partner, with Thailand soon becoming known as the "Italy of Asia".
China would soon break its unstable truce with Japan by an invasion of Japanese Korea, and although the Chinese had superior land forces, they soon saw themselves completely blockaded by the mighty Japanese Navy. The Chinese War Machine would grow weaker and weaker as the Soviets recaptured the north, the Japanese took Korea, and the puppet regimes in East Asia collapse. The Chinese would not surrender however, as they knew the allies wouldn't be able to conquer the Chinese Homeland. Soon the USA would develop the nuclear bomb and bomb the city of Beijing, a major chinese military stronghold. The Chinese refused to surrender so the Japanese bombed the city of Shandong.
History
Overthrow of Republic
After Yuan Shikai was installed as the second Provisional Great President of the Republic of China, he took various steps to consolidate his power and remove opposition leaders from office. To secure his own power he collaborated with various European powers as well as Japan, America and Mexico. On December 12, 1915, with the support of his son and the entire national assembly, Yuan Shikai ascended the throne as the new Emperor of China.
Centralization and Modernization
After his ascension to power, Yuan Shikai began forming alliances with the western powers, even declaring war on the central powers to show friendship and to capture German territories taken from China during the Qing. He also began closely indoctrinating his son into his ideology. Unfortunately, Yuan Shikai died on June 6, 1916, and his son, Yuan Keding ascended the throne. To prevent conflict with his generals, Yuan Keding decided to jointly rule with a military assembly. With aid from the western powers, Yuan Keding and his generals began overseeing a massive military modernization of his army, adopting specialized tactics derived from confucian thought. A cultural revolution also went on in China, where Manchu culture from the Qing was thoroughly replaced with Han culture and state confucianism. China quickly adopted fascist, ethno-nationalist, and irrendentist qualities which correlated with a special brand of confucianism. China also took advantage of the Russian civil war to reclaim outer manchuria and Sakhalin.
Sino-Soviet War
After the stabilisation of the Soviet Union under Stalin, Stalin demanded that China return the provinces of Tuva and outer Manchuria. In 1932, after several soviet ships accidentally destroyed some Chinese ships off of Sakhalin, China declared war on the Soviet Union and Mongolia. Mongolia was quickly conquered while China conquered massive swaths of territory from the Soviet Union until the Soviets signed a truce with China after the battle of Irkutsk. China was awarded Mongolia, Tuva, and a portion of Russian Central Asia. The Chinese also established the protectorates of Sakha and Baikal which were meant for Siberian Natives.
World War II
The Sino-Soviet War built up a strong anti-communist rhetoric and China signed the Anti-Comintern Pact in 1936. This brought the Chinese even closer to the Germans and Italians. In 1939, France and the UK declared war on Germany with the German invasion of Poland. China, although not directly declaring war on the allies, began financially helping out the axis and readying its forces on its borders with European colonies, befriending Siam and establishing protectorate over Korea, eventually completely annexing the state in 1940. This caused tension between China and Japan, but an unstable alliance was formed. Various chinese propaganda divisions were formed to distribute propaganda in India, Central Asia, Indochina, Siam, and Japanese Korea to encourage them to rise up against their oppressors and to form an Alliance of Asia that would stop the western imperialists (which included Japan as they viewed Japan as having "betrayed Asian culture" with the deposition of the Shogun and even had a plan to reinstate the Shogun once they conquered Japan).
Annexation of French Indochina
In 1940, after the collapse of France to Nazi Germany, the Chinese demanded French Indochina from the German Puppet State. Germany gladly agreed as the Chinese would better handle an occupation then the french. Laos was given to thailand as was half of Cambodia while China formed the Tributary kingdoms of Kampuchea and Champa, annexing northern vietnam as it had been historically part of various chinese dynasties.
Invasion of India
In 1940, China finally declared war on the UK and launched an invasion into the British Raj. China had been funding underground Indian rebellion groups for quite some time and the Free Indian Group had gained significant traction in India over Gandhi's opposition. When China invaded, they were met with little resistance by the tired out british and quickly made headway into India, freeing the princely state of Kashmir as the Kingdom of Kashmir, dividing up Burma, and establishing a Bengali Republic under Free India. The battles in India were long and drawn out as British and Chinese forces clashed in the Himilayas. This war greatly tired out the Chinese war machine and, when Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union, China was relatively unprepared to meet up with German forces in European Russia, although they did arm several revolts in Central Asia.
War with Japan
By this time, the Chinese War Machine was stretched extremely thin and they didn't want to risk another front with the Japanese. But, after the Japanese had created a blockade around China, severely dimishing the Chinese imperial ambitions, the Chinese decided to launch a pre-emptive strike to do a bombing run in Hiroshima to destroy large amounts of the Japanese navy. This bombing run caused a declaration of war from Japan who dragged Mexico and the US into the war as well.
Surrender
This marked the ending blow for the Chinese as the Soviets had pushed back the Germans and had now sent their armies marching back to central asia to take back the land the Chinese had gained in the Sino-Soviet War. The Japanese had retaken almost all of the Korean peninsula while a joint Mexican-Dutch invasion captured Singapore and were pushing into Indochina. After the death of thousands of Indians, the Free Indian Army had begun losing popularity. Siam, seeing the Allied forces on its doorstep, offered to switch sides to help out the allies if they were allowed to keep Laos. The allies agreed and an invasion of Yunnan commenced. The Free Indian Army disbanded after Japanese forces launched a naval invasion of bengal. In 1942, the US developed the nuclear bomb which they handed over to Japan. Japan carried out a nuclear strike on Beijing and this caused the northern general to surrender, allowing Soviet forces to sweep through Mongolia and Islamic China. The Dalai Lama, who had previously been exiled from Tibet for his protest against the government, returned with British forces and declared the independent Tibet as a British Protectorate. After the nuke, however, Yuan Keding refused to surrender, and the British, who had also developed nuclear weapons, bombed Chonqing. This finally caused Yuan Keding to surrender.
Occupation and Legacy
Yuan Keding's surrender as opposed to him dying like Hitler or Mussolini, he remained Emperor and preserved the Chinese monarchy. This allowed for the preservation of the Chinese Empire, but under a completely different, democratized regime that controlled much less territory. The vacuum created with Fascist China's collapse led to it being a major theater in the cold war as the Soviet Union took control of Manchuria, Mongolia, and Uyghurstan, while communist insurgents became very active in the country. Due to the survival of the empire, many of its state confucianist ways survived, leaving current Chinese society as very repressive and barely democratic, with Prime Ministers often serving for at least 15 years at a time and wielding almost absolute power.