Interesting. Were the similarities to Jammu and Kashmir on purpose? Though I suppose there are some major differences like how Sinkiang is overwhelmingly Uyghur while Jammu and Kashmir is massively diverse.
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Interesting. Were the similarities to Jammu and Kashmir on purpose? Though I suppose there are some major differences like how Sinkiang is overwhelmingly Uyghur while Jammu and Kashmir is massively diverse.
@Kanan I'm a bit mystified by the script on the beautifull Sinkiang map. The persian based letters are all lose. That can't (correction, i looked it up: isn't) right. I'm assuming it is Uyghur.
I'm very thankfull to the 23% (8?) who voted for me, but it was clear I couldn't stand a chance to the magnificent scenario that @KanonenKartoffel has crafted, congratulations to you, and thanks to Kanan for holding the contest!
Thanks! To you for running the contest, and to everyone who gate EotFC their vote!
Thank you.
This is probably the most British non-British thing I've seen all week.
Considering Game Freak has announced a teapot Pokémon and curry as Galar's regional dish yesterday, that's quite the achievement.
Considering Game Freak has announced a teapot Pokémon and curry as Galar's regional dish yesterday, that's quite the achievement.
Territory of Port Arthur; Timeline of Dalian
In 1953, the United States refused to surrender the territory as agreed upon, citing the ongoing Chinese Civil War. As a result of the Peculiar Relationship, the Soviet Union was often allowed to dock in Port Arthur, and it was used clandestinely used to ship weapons to the Chinese Communist Party. The flow was often ignored by American officials, and was a major source of tension between China and the United Kingdom against the United States and Soviet Union. The territory saw extensive economic growth in the 1950s, like much of the United States, and became known as "America's Slice of the Pacific." Much of the growth came from American investment. During the Great Pacific War, a large portion of the territory was demolished by the war, with nearly every building in the city of Port Arthur had been demolished, and nearly 60% of structures in other areas of the territory were also destroyed.
The main city of Port Arthur, known now as the Lüshunkou District, was re-designed using the Master Plan for Port Arthur, developed by a team led by Robert Moses, who had ambitions to re-design the territory away from "inefficient Eastern style" that many claimed the city had been designed in. The Master Plan called for a large number of highways for transportation into the central city, which would be focused on corporate and business offices, from smaller satellite cities and suburban development. In the 1968 Presidential Election, the territory became a contentious issue, with then candidate Nelson Rockefeller arguing it should be returned to China to foster better relations with the country. After Rockefeller's election, China and the United States signed the Convention on Port Arthur in 1971, which stipulated that the territory would be handed over to the Republic of China on April 28th, 1975.
The Handover of Port Arthur took place in the evening of April 27th, attended by U.S. President Nelson Rockefeller and Chinese President Chiang Ching-kuo. President Chiang Kai-shek had died just days before the handover. The ceremony was marked with the final lowering of the American flag over the Port Arthur Naval Base and the raising of the Chinese flag. After the Chinese flag had been raised, Chiang Ching-kuo gave a speech, in it he announced that the city would be renamed Dalian, and that it would be reunited with Liaoning Province, ending the territory's separate status.
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Is there a significant population of Dalianese in the United States or abroad?
There is indeed a very large Dalianese population in the United States. Many of them came prior to the handover, and were more politically left in nature (Many were dissidents of the KMT regime), and feared reprisals once China retook the city. A few have also moved to other countries, like Mexico and Brazil, but the United States is home to >95% of the Dalianese diaspora. The community is overwhelmingly against the KMT as a whole, current residents resent the KMT for the crackdowns they imposed following the take-over of the city. Rockefeller made no agreement for the continued rights of Dalian after it would be retroceded, which caused the territorial assembly to be abolished within a month, and KMT party bosses to take over.
Cripes, the Deep South votes for left wing parties?
I am both excited and surprised in equal measure.
I'm assuming a lot of African Americans vote for Social Labor, as well as poor whites.
I am both excited and surprised in equal measure.
I'm assuming a lot of African Americans vote for Social Labor, as well as poor whites.
I think Kanan once mentioned the African American vote was pretty split while Poor Whites do vote Social LaborCripes, the Deep South votes for left wing parties?
I am both excited and surprised in equal measure.
I'm assuming a lot of African Americans vote for Social Labor, as well as poor whites.
That or the other guy really pissed people off.Cripes, the Deep South votes for left wing parties?
I am both excited and surprised in equal measure.
I'm assuming a lot of African Americans vote for Social Labor, as well as poor whites.
@Kanan, are you positive you aren't from another timeline/universe? Because there is no other way that you could make all these awesome wikiboxes.
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