Post by china on Jul 5, 2010 23:06:56 GMT -5
Nation: China
Name: Yao Wang
Gender: Male
Appearance of Age: 23
Hair Color: Dark Brown
Eye Color: Brown
Height: 169 cm (5’5)
Weight: 145 pounds
Appearance:
Personality:
China is a cheerful nation for living at least 4000 years of a both prosperous and tragic life, almost 5000. He’s one of the oldest, if not the oldest, nations out there. And because of his old age, he holds his traditions and his beliefs quite close, causing him to struggle to keep up with modernization.
He is fun-loving and wise. He tries to act as an older brother figure towards the other East Asian countries, as family is important to him, but ultimately fails in doing so—every single one of them end up either abandoning him or being taken from him. Remembering this usually leaves China in a bit of a depression.
Yao loves cooking food (and gets rather angry if it doesn’t taste or look right to him), art, and all things cute--one of these ‘cute’ things being a knock-off of Japan’s Hello Kitty character, Shinatty-chan. Another thing he likes to do is make money, because he's good at selling things, including bootlegs. If it can be mass-produced, he can make it.
Although he’s happy most of the time, he finds himself pretty misfortunate to have both Korea and Russia bother him. Because of this, he tends to be easily annoyed and snappy.
Likes:
+ Anything cute
+ Cooking & food
+ Art & drawing
+ Tea
+ Socializing
+ Telling stories
+ Enjoying his own cultural performances
+ Nature
+ Music--mostly traditional and pop
Dislikes:
- War: Self-explanatory.
- Talking about his age: He knows he’s 4000+ years old. He just doesn’t like to admit it…He tries to be hip and cool like Hong Kong, Korea and Japan are, but fails in doing that as well.
- Being bothered: By anyone. Particularly the ones who do it on a daily basis.
- A certain few western countries: It's more like a frienemies thing for him. The only thing preventing him from completely disliking those countries is the fact that they rely on each other to keep their economy going and their country moving.
Fears:
~ Being abandoned: By Hong Kong and Taiwan, mostly. They’re literally all he has left.
~ Bad luck: China is superstitious. Wearing black, breaking mirrors and the like are all big no-no’s in his book.
~ Another war: No one really wants one of these, but after all that China’s been through, he really can’t afford it.
~ Russia: There’s not much to be said.
Strengths:
+ Willful
+ Confident
+ Patient
+ Wise: Yao is probably the wisest nation out there, having many, many years of experience and knowledge. This has proven very useful to him.
+ Martial Arts: As well as being wise, he can also take down an opponent without much struggle. Wok and ladle are optional weapons.
Weaknesses:
- Beliefs and Traditions: He holds them close, and refuses to let anyone change that. Even so, modernization gets in the way of this, creating a bit of inner turmoil for him.
- Attitude: As said before, China is easily annoyed and snappy. He might not look like much of a threat, but if you offend him, he'll take out his wok.
- Siblings: Family is the most important thing to China. He was devastated when they all suddenly left him, and he gets extremely protective of them when they are in danger.
History:
The first dynasty to be described is the Xia Dynasty, dating from 2100 BC to 1600 BC, according to archeological evidence. The earliest written record of Chinese past dates back to the Shang Dynasty (1700-1046 BC). This is when China had started developing a culture that involved worshipping gods, as well as worshipping their dead ancestors, and the use of oracle bones to predict the future.
…Okay, China’s lived a long time. A really long time. So let’s start from the Qing Dynasty, as it is probably the only dynasty you'll need to know about.
The Qing Dynasty
This dynasty was ruled by the Manchus after the fall of the Ming Dynasty—the last Han Chinese Dynasty. This happened after Ming Emperor Chongzen committed suicide because of a peasant rebellion in Beijing, 1644. It was just too much for the guy. Anyway, the Manchus gained control of Beijing through their allies, thus giving them rule over China.
The Manchu forced the Han Chinese to adapt pretty much everything Manchu into their culture. A new style of military, called the “Eight Banners” system, was also enforced. Eventually, they had expanded their influence over Xinjiang (A region bordering Russia, China, Mongolia and the current Caucasus back then, with many different ethnic groups), Mongolia and Tibet, but their military was soon weakened. Even though China had prohibited further trade or use of the drug, Britain—being the stubborn ass he was—didn’t care, and demanded more opium anyways. This caused China to go the First Opium War in 1840. And much to China’s dismay, Hong Kong was given to Britain under a treaty in 1842.
There was a large rebellion not too long after this—in 1851, the Taiping Rebellion was put into motion, and nearly a third of China fell under a quasi-Christian religious group called the Taiping Tianguo. The rebellion lasted for 15 years (death toll reaching 20 million) before the Taiping army was defeated.
There were many more rebellions the Qing dynasty had to face, costing much of their economy and many lives. Corruption, cynicism, and Imperial family quarrels had contributed more to the country’s loss. The Qing government also had to sign many unequal treaties with the imperialistic countries, proving their inability to face the new challenges of the 19th century.
An anti-imperialist movement, called the Boxer Rebellion, threatened northern China in the early 20th century. The Empress Dowager, who supposedly wanted more power, had joined the Boxers during the attack on Beijing. An Eight-Nation Alliance, consisting of British, Japanese, Russian, Italian, German, French, US and Austrian troops (You can see why China is still bitter towards them), had defeated the Boxers and demanded more things concessions from the Qing government.
Modern
Much of China was sick and tired of how weak their country was. I mean, seriously, who wouldn’t be? So many students, officials & military officers began the overthrow of the Qing Dynasty to create a republic.
At this point, China was like “Aiyah, aru! I can’t take this anymore!” and threw in the towel…in other words, he gave up. The Chinese government was a complete mess from 1911-1920. Power was shifted this way and that, and a huge warlord era was formed, breaking China into many different pieces, so to speak.
In 1919, the May Fourth Movement—also known as the New Culture Movement—was a protest against the Chinese government’s weak response to the Treaty of Versailles that ended World War I. The 1920s was basically the rising of communism in China. A well known man named Sun Yat-Sen from that New Culture Movement established a revolutionary base in south China, and set out to unite the fragmented nation. With Soviet assistance, he allied with the Communist Party of China. After Sun's death from cancer in 1925, one of his underlings, Chiang Kai-shek, seized control of the Nationalist Party , or KMT, and took over most of south and central China, defeating the warlords in the process. In 1927, Chiang turned on the CPC chased their armies and its leaders from their bases in southern and eastern China. In 1934 the CPC forces went on the Long March across China to the northwest, where they established a guerrilla base at Yan'an in the Shaanxi Province.
During the Long March, the communists reorganized under a new leader, Mao Zedong. Now, this guy—Mao Zedong—was the person who saved China from total devastation (not that the nation wasn’t already devastated by this time). The struggle between the KMT and the CPC continued even through the 14-year long Japanese occupation (1931–1945) of various parts of the country. Even though they had joined forces to fight the Japanese during the Sino-Japanese war (part of World War II), after the defeat of Japan in 1945, the war between the KMT and the CPC resumed. And by 1949, the CPC had occupied most of the country.
At the end of WWII , Japanese troops in Taiwan surrendered to Republic of China, giving Chiang Kai-shek control of Taiwan. When Chiang was defeated by CPC forces in mainland China in 1949, he fled to Taiwan with his government and the remnants of his army, along with a large number of their supporters. (This is why Taiwan prefers Japan, btw.)
Present
With the CPC's victory, they created the People's Republic of China. On October 1, 1949, Taiwan was again politically separated from mainland China, and is still governed by the Republic of China. There has never been a peace treaty signed between the two.
China has now reached high economic growth, and has gained a higher power status. Though things are much better than they were, there have been conflicts with other countries, and his allies have changed significantly since the last World War.
Allies: (This question is pretty tough to answer, because it depends on which time period)
America, England, France, Russia, Canada, Cuba
Enemies: Japan, Germany, America (sometimes)
Sample Post:
Did you read the rules?
Draw a circle, little bird!
When did it get there, little bird?
Name: Yao Wang
Gender: Male
Appearance of Age: 23
Hair Color: Dark Brown
Eye Color: Brown
Height: 169 cm (5’5)
Weight: 145 pounds
Appearance:
Personality:
China is a cheerful nation for living at least 4000 years of a both prosperous and tragic life, almost 5000. He’s one of the oldest, if not the oldest, nations out there. And because of his old age, he holds his traditions and his beliefs quite close, causing him to struggle to keep up with modernization.
He is fun-loving and wise. He tries to act as an older brother figure towards the other East Asian countries, as family is important to him, but ultimately fails in doing so—every single one of them end up either abandoning him or being taken from him. Remembering this usually leaves China in a bit of a depression.
Yao loves cooking food (and gets rather angry if it doesn’t taste or look right to him), art, and all things cute--one of these ‘cute’ things being a knock-off of Japan’s Hello Kitty character, Shinatty-chan. Another thing he likes to do is make money, because he's good at selling things, including bootlegs. If it can be mass-produced, he can make it.
Although he’s happy most of the time, he finds himself pretty misfortunate to have both Korea and Russia bother him. Because of this, he tends to be easily annoyed and snappy.
Likes:
+ Anything cute
+ Cooking & food
+ Art & drawing
+ Tea
+ Socializing
+ Telling stories
+ Enjoying his own cultural performances
+ Nature
+ Music--mostly traditional and pop
Dislikes:
- War: Self-explanatory.
- Talking about his age: He knows he’s 4000+ years old. He just doesn’t like to admit it…He tries to be hip and cool like Hong Kong, Korea and Japan are, but fails in doing that as well.
- Being bothered: By anyone. Particularly the ones who do it on a daily basis.
- A certain few western countries: It's more like a frienemies thing for him. The only thing preventing him from completely disliking those countries is the fact that they rely on each other to keep their economy going and their country moving.
Fears:
~ Being abandoned: By Hong Kong and Taiwan, mostly. They’re literally all he has left.
~ Bad luck: China is superstitious. Wearing black, breaking mirrors and the like are all big no-no’s in his book.
~ Another war: No one really wants one of these, but after all that China’s been through, he really can’t afford it.
~ Russia: There’s not much to be said.
Strengths:
+ Willful
+ Confident
+ Patient
+ Wise: Yao is probably the wisest nation out there, having many, many years of experience and knowledge. This has proven very useful to him.
+ Martial Arts: As well as being wise, he can also take down an opponent without much struggle. Wok and ladle are optional weapons.
Weaknesses:
- Beliefs and Traditions: He holds them close, and refuses to let anyone change that. Even so, modernization gets in the way of this, creating a bit of inner turmoil for him.
- Attitude: As said before, China is easily annoyed and snappy. He might not look like much of a threat, but if you offend him, he'll take out his wok.
- Siblings: Family is the most important thing to China. He was devastated when they all suddenly left him, and he gets extremely protective of them when they are in danger.
History:
The first dynasty to be described is the Xia Dynasty, dating from 2100 BC to 1600 BC, according to archeological evidence. The earliest written record of Chinese past dates back to the Shang Dynasty (1700-1046 BC). This is when China had started developing a culture that involved worshipping gods, as well as worshipping their dead ancestors, and the use of oracle bones to predict the future.
…Okay, China’s lived a long time. A really long time. So let’s start from the Qing Dynasty, as it is probably the only dynasty you'll need to know about.
The Qing Dynasty
This dynasty was ruled by the Manchus after the fall of the Ming Dynasty—the last Han Chinese Dynasty. This happened after Ming Emperor Chongzen committed suicide because of a peasant rebellion in Beijing, 1644. It was just too much for the guy. Anyway, the Manchus gained control of Beijing through their allies, thus giving them rule over China.
The Manchu forced the Han Chinese to adapt pretty much everything Manchu into their culture. A new style of military, called the “Eight Banners” system, was also enforced. Eventually, they had expanded their influence over Xinjiang (A region bordering Russia, China, Mongolia and the current Caucasus back then, with many different ethnic groups), Mongolia and Tibet, but their military was soon weakened. Even though China had prohibited further trade or use of the drug, Britain—being the stubborn ass he was—didn’t care, and demanded more opium anyways. This caused China to go the First Opium War in 1840. And much to China’s dismay, Hong Kong was given to Britain under a treaty in 1842.
There was a large rebellion not too long after this—in 1851, the Taiping Rebellion was put into motion, and nearly a third of China fell under a quasi-Christian religious group called the Taiping Tianguo. The rebellion lasted for 15 years (death toll reaching 20 million) before the Taiping army was defeated.
There were many more rebellions the Qing dynasty had to face, costing much of their economy and many lives. Corruption, cynicism, and Imperial family quarrels had contributed more to the country’s loss. The Qing government also had to sign many unequal treaties with the imperialistic countries, proving their inability to face the new challenges of the 19th century.
An anti-imperialist movement, called the Boxer Rebellion, threatened northern China in the early 20th century. The Empress Dowager, who supposedly wanted more power, had joined the Boxers during the attack on Beijing. An Eight-Nation Alliance, consisting of British, Japanese, Russian, Italian, German, French, US and Austrian troops (You can see why China is still bitter towards them), had defeated the Boxers and demanded more things concessions from the Qing government.
Modern
Much of China was sick and tired of how weak their country was. I mean, seriously, who wouldn’t be? So many students, officials & military officers began the overthrow of the Qing Dynasty to create a republic.
At this point, China was like “Aiyah, aru! I can’t take this anymore!” and threw in the towel…in other words, he gave up. The Chinese government was a complete mess from 1911-1920. Power was shifted this way and that, and a huge warlord era was formed, breaking China into many different pieces, so to speak.
In 1919, the May Fourth Movement—also known as the New Culture Movement—was a protest against the Chinese government’s weak response to the Treaty of Versailles that ended World War I. The 1920s was basically the rising of communism in China. A well known man named Sun Yat-Sen from that New Culture Movement established a revolutionary base in south China, and set out to unite the fragmented nation. With Soviet assistance, he allied with the Communist Party of China. After Sun's death from cancer in 1925, one of his underlings, Chiang Kai-shek, seized control of the Nationalist Party , or KMT, and took over most of south and central China, defeating the warlords in the process. In 1927, Chiang turned on the CPC chased their armies and its leaders from their bases in southern and eastern China. In 1934 the CPC forces went on the Long March across China to the northwest, where they established a guerrilla base at Yan'an in the Shaanxi Province.
During the Long March, the communists reorganized under a new leader, Mao Zedong. Now, this guy—Mao Zedong—was the person who saved China from total devastation (not that the nation wasn’t already devastated by this time). The struggle between the KMT and the CPC continued even through the 14-year long Japanese occupation (1931–1945) of various parts of the country. Even though they had joined forces to fight the Japanese during the Sino-Japanese war (part of World War II), after the defeat of Japan in 1945, the war between the KMT and the CPC resumed. And by 1949, the CPC had occupied most of the country.
At the end of WWII , Japanese troops in Taiwan surrendered to Republic of China, giving Chiang Kai-shek control of Taiwan. When Chiang was defeated by CPC forces in mainland China in 1949, he fled to Taiwan with his government and the remnants of his army, along with a large number of their supporters. (This is why Taiwan prefers Japan, btw.)
Present
With the CPC's victory, they created the People's Republic of China. On October 1, 1949, Taiwan was again politically separated from mainland China, and is still governed by the Republic of China. There has never been a peace treaty signed between the two.
China has now reached high economic growth, and has gained a higher power status. Though things are much better than they were, there have been conflicts with other countries, and his allies have changed significantly since the last World War.
Allies: (This question is pretty tough to answer, because it depends on which time period)
America, England, France, Russia, Canada, Cuba
Enemies: Japan, Germany, America (sometimes)
Sample Post:
China sighed in relief, sitting next to the front window of his home and sipping his tea in silence. “It has been a while since I’ve had some time to myself, aru.” He told himself while looking out the window, admiring the beautiful scenery of his land.
It was sunset. The large star had cast a reflection on the small pond next to Yao’s home, coloring it a mix of orange and pink. “No world meetings. Nobody asking me for anything. No Korea groping me. No Russia sneaking into my home and eating my food, aru!” He looked around at the empty room, after giggling to himself. His little laugh seemed to echo off the walls. He blinked a few times, and looked back down at his warm cup of tea. “It’s very quiet in here, aru.”
He looked outside again. Even the water was perfectly still. There was only a slight wind gust making the tree leaves sway. Not even a single bird chirping. He raised an eyebrow. “Very quiet out there as well…”
He let out another sigh, returning his attention back to the room. The objects in the room were mostly made by him, with the exception of gifts and souvenirs from the other countries. He had a little piece of everything in the world inside this one room—but not a single thing had made a sound. Yes, there was a small clock on the wall, but it was digital. Not even the watch he bought made a noise, it stopped working a few months ago.
More silence. All he could hear was his own breathing.
His eyes lowered, and he looked down at his tea again. “…Maybe I should call Hong Kong and Taiwan over for tomorrow, aru. And Korea, too.”
It was sunset. The large star had cast a reflection on the small pond next to Yao’s home, coloring it a mix of orange and pink. “No world meetings. Nobody asking me for anything. No Korea groping me. No Russia sneaking into my home and eating my food, aru!” He looked around at the empty room, after giggling to himself. His little laugh seemed to echo off the walls. He blinked a few times, and looked back down at his warm cup of tea. “It’s very quiet in here, aru.”
He looked outside again. Even the water was perfectly still. There was only a slight wind gust making the tree leaves sway. Not even a single bird chirping. He raised an eyebrow. “Very quiet out there as well…”
He let out another sigh, returning his attention back to the room. The objects in the room were mostly made by him, with the exception of gifts and souvenirs from the other countries. He had a little piece of everything in the world inside this one room—but not a single thing had made a sound. Yes, there was a small clock on the wall, but it was digital. Not even the watch he bought made a noise, it stopped working a few months ago.
More silence. All he could hear was his own breathing.
His eyes lowered, and he looked down at his tea again. “…Maybe I should call Hong Kong and Taiwan over for tomorrow, aru. And Korea, too.”
Did you read the rules?
Draw a circle, little bird!
When did it get there, little bird?
