China for the Chinese!
A KaiserReich Republic of China
Prologue
A KaiserReich Republic of China
Prologue
The Allgemeine Ostasiatische GMBH - The first ever Corporate State. A nation lead like a Corporation, it is ruled by a board of directors and a German General who has spent a large portion of his life in China. Designed from the outset as an autonomous sector of the German Empire, it rules over 150 million Chinese. Many of whom are unsatisfied with their lot in life.
When the Qing Empire was Reestablished by the Kaiser and the KMT Traitors, many of those loyal to Sun Yat-sen's ideals fled into hiding within the areas surrounding Canton's largest economic center, Guangzhou. The place where the first National Congress of the KMT was held, it was there that a new Republican Movement was brewing, and this time, the Germans were completely unaware.
Being already highly educated, these members of the New Revolutionary Republic began infiltrating themselves into the top positions around the Eastasian Corporation. Learning industrial techniques and military tactics from their unsuspecting German counterparts, this time around, the Revolution would not fail.
In the Spring of 1936, a yet unknown Chinese Nationalist group set ablaze the Head-Office of the German Eastasian Corporation. One of the arsonists was found and hanged but the organization that planned the attack was never discovered. When the Kaiser sent an Inquiry to the Board of Directors, they simply wrote it off as an isolated incident.
Months past as the AOG continued its Exploitation Practices throughout southern China, while on paper they worked towards the modernization of China, all of the hard work of the Chinese only served to line the pockets of German Businessmen.
When Black Monday arrived, it shook the entire German sphere by its foundations, Hit especially bad were The Dutch and Brazilians, who had invested a great deal in the German Global Hegemony. Because of the AOG's direct ties to the Berlin Stock market, a great deal of chinese workers were laid off and the job security for all others was no longer guaranteed by the Board of Directors.
This move to end these "Iron Ricebowl" Jobs was seen as incredibly unpopular by the Chinese and resulted in a massive jump in unemployment and migratory work. From within, the members of the Revolutionary Republic began to sense the time to strike was coming soon. Leaflets and other small pieces of anonymous propaganda was being disseminated throughout the rural and industrial parts of Southern China, even those in the Chinese Legion (locally trained soldiers who fight for the Kaiser) began to wish for a new direction in China.