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The military junta led by [[Dai Hanjian]] and [[Qiu Heng]] that took over from the Qian were not particularly impressed with the claim of independence but they were fully preoccupied by the internal powder keg that was [[Daxia]]. The junta agreed to extend recognition to Canpei's independence provided the correspondent part of the national debt was assumed, Qian national treasures in Canpei were returned and local ethnic [[Daxia]]ns were respected and given positions in the government. Once these conditions were either met or codified, the recognition and establishment of relations were inaugurated with a ceremony in [[Brink]] in 1948. Letters written by [[Qiu Heng]] have revealed that the recognition of Canpei was meant to be a temporary arrangement, the territory was to be retaken when it proved convenient. 21st century [[Daxia]]n authors refer to reincorporating Canpei as the 'forgotten national cause', a desirable patriotic objective but never important enough to truly galvanize the government and public to work towards achieving it. | The military junta led by [[Dai Hanjian]] and [[Qiu Heng]] that took over from the Qian were not particularly impressed with the claim of independence but they were fully preoccupied by the internal powder keg that was [[Daxia]]. The junta agreed to extend recognition to Canpei's independence provided the correspondent part of the national debt was assumed, Qian national treasures in Canpei were returned and local ethnic [[Daxia]]ns were respected and given positions in the government. Once these conditions were either met or codified, the recognition and establishment of relations were inaugurated with a ceremony in [[Brink]] in 1948. Letters written by [[Qiu Heng]] have revealed that the recognition of Canpei was meant to be a temporary arrangement, the territory was to be retaken when it proved convenient. 21st century [[Daxia]]n authors refer to reincorporating Canpei as the 'forgotten national cause', a desirable patriotic objective but never important enough to truly galvanize the government and public to work towards achieving it. | ||
====Republic of Canpei==== | ====Republic of Canpei==== | ||
The arrangement and pact between forces that held until independence did not last long after it. By 1948 King Jiaohua chafed at having to answer to a parliament and its control over his finances, while the groups represented in parliament distrusted the king who had once been a loyal pawn of the Qian, and also distrusted one another. A brief battle erupted in 1950 that resulted in the deposal of king Jiaohua and his exile back to [[Daxia]] where kept a mini court as the 'rightful King of Canpei' until he ran out of money and died in obscurity. In response to the dismantling of the monarchy, [[Daxia]] claimed that Canpei's continuing existence was a legal fiction, as no agreement had been signed with another republic. Prime minister Wen Yishi of the Tiao National Congress who rose to run the new republic in a broad coalition with the Degei People's Party and the Ruralism Union, feared an invasion was imminent and tried to prepare Canpei's ragtag defenses. In any case it proved that noise was all the [[Daxia]]ns were interested in, as [[Qiu Heng]] had reorganized the government and was running in the first ever democratic election; Canpei and its 'toy independence' was a useful punching bag with the electorate. As president [[Qiu Heng]] secured from Canpei's government the assent to establish military bases on its territory, using the specter of intervention if refused, as happened in [[Rusana]] during the [[the Little Incursion]]. | The arrangement and pact between forces that held until independence did not last long after it. By 1948 King Jiaohua chafed at having to answer to a parliament and its control over his finances, while the groups represented in parliament distrusted the king who had once been a loyal pawn of the Qian, and also distrusted one another. A brief battle erupted in 1950 that resulted in the deposal of king Jiaohua and his exile back to [[Daxia]] where kept a mini court as the 'rightful King of Canpei' until he ran out of money and died in obscurity. In response to the dismantling of the monarchy, [[Daxia]] claimed that Canpei's continuing existence was a legal fiction, as no agreement had been signed with another republic. Prime minister Wen Yishi of the Tiao National Congress who rose to run the new republic in a broad coalition with the Degei People's Party and the Ruralism Union, feared an invasion was imminent and tried to prepare Canpei's ragtag defenses. In any case it proved that noise was all the [[Daxia]]ns were interested in, as [[Qiu Heng]] had reorganized the government and was running in the first ever democratic election; Canpei and its 'toy independence' was a useful punching bag with the electorate. As president [[Qiu Heng]] secured from Canpei's government the assent to establish military bases on its territory, using the specter of intervention if refused, as happened in [[Rusana]] during the [[the Little Incursion]]. This was a middle of the road solution in [[Qiu Heng]]'s opinion, control of strategic locations and the country's growing economic dependence rendered any need for actual possession of Canpei superfluous. | ||
A popular movement emerged in the 1970's that clamored for the withdrawal of [[Daxia]]'s military presence. The government attempted to play down the importance of the movement until it simply could not due to the critical mass it was reaching. President Ma Ying promised there would be consultations on the matter with [[Daxia]], without alerting the authorities at [[Mirzak]] first. The declaration outraged President Min Bib Doda who ordered an operation to put down the popular movement in Canpei and at the same time replace the government. Operation Zhēnkōng involved tens of thousands of troops who streamed into Canpei, while its own troops stood paralyzed in their bases without orders thanks to bribery or fear. Some units were even forced by the [[Daxia]]ns to join them on their march to the capital. Roadblocks set up by protestors were destroyed and the tent camps of the protesters in [[Brink]]'s city center were cleared with extreme violence by the [[Daxia]]ns. President Ma Ying was airlifted to [[Mirzak]] were he was forced to sign the transfer of powers to a government of national salvation composed of smaller pro-Daxian parties such as the National Union of Canpei. | |||