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'''Qiu Heng''' (May 16 1896-July 18 1964) was a [[Daxia]]n military officer and politician who served as the second president of the [[Daxia|Republic of Daxia]] from 1951 to 1964; succeeding his old comrade and superior, General [[Dai Hanjian]]. Qiu Heng was a recipient of several military awards throught his career including the highest attainable existing one, the [[Medal of the Republic (Daxia)|Medal of the Republic]]. He joined the army in 1913 and rose through the ranks, participating in the 1918 suppression of the [[Liyuan peasant uprising]] and serving in [[Rusana]] during the [[Al-Dukir War]]. During the [[Second Great War]] he commanded [[Daxia]]n land forces during the [[Battle of Ayermer (1936)]] and became a national figure after its successful conclusion. The disappointing lack of progress on other [[Daxia]]n fronts and the unchecked popular growth of socialism under the indolent gaze of [[Hongli|Emperor Hongli]] led him to side with his friend [[Dai Hanjian]] and together they overthrew the imperial system during the [[Glorious Revolt]]; he became second in command of the military junta that was formed to rule the nation. | '''Qiu Heng''' (May 16 1896-July 18 1964) was a [[Daxia]]n military officer and politician who served as the second president of the [[Daxia|Republic of Daxia]] from 1951 to 1964; succeeding his old comrade and superior, General [[Dai Hanjian]]. Qiu Heng was a recipient of several military awards throught his career including the highest attainable existing one, the [[Medal of the Republic (Daxia)|Medal of the Republic]]. He joined the army in 1913 and rose through the ranks, participating in the 1918 suppression of the [[Liyuan peasant uprising]] and serving in [[Rusana]] during the [[Al-Dukir War]]. During the [[Second Great War]] he commanded [[Daxia]]n land forces during the [[Battle of Ayermer (1936)]] and became a national figure after its successful conclusion. The disappointing lack of progress on other [[Daxia]]n fronts and the unchecked popular growth of socialism under the indolent gaze of [[Hongli|Emperor Hongli]] led him to side with his friend [[Dai Hanjian]] and together they overthrew the imperial system during the [[Glorious Revolt]]; he became second in command of the military junta that was formed to rule the nation. | ||
In | In 1944 he was promoted to Chieft of Staff of the armed forces and oversaw the rebuilding and expansion of Daxia's [[Armed Forces of Daxia|military might]], and moved its doctrines towards a combined arms approach. As head of the military he supported [[Lixin Ji]]'s push for the creation of the State Atomic Commission to spearhead the development of a nuclear weapons program. As president he guided the transition from a purely military regime to a hybrid one with the creation of the [[National Reconstruction Front (Daxia)|National Reconstruction Front]] and extended the latters political dominance and networks of patronage to cover most productive sectors. A lifelong opponent of socialist thought, he fiercely persecuted and jailed leftists throught his tenure, forcing the [[Communist Party of Daxia]] back underground. In 1962 he orchestrated the [[Daxia]]n intervention in the long running [[Rusani Civil War]] known as the Little Incursion that swung the battlefield fortunes of the NCDP and allowed it to prevail by 1963. During the last months of his life he progressively forced the devastated [[Rusana]] into a subordinate position within [[Daxia]]'s sphere of influence. He died in 1964 due to complications of leukemia. | ||
Qiu Heng is a divisive figure in modern [[Daxia]], on one hand he is celebrated for his many noteworthy military achievements, for strengthening Daxia's military capacities and for beginning the work of restoring the nation's place at the center of [[Audonia]]'s power politics. On the other hand his detractors point to him as the principal architect of a repressive system that grew too sluggish and dysfunctional to keep up in the modern world and could only respond with brutality. He is vilified in Western sources especially for his mistreatment of prisoners of war and for the wholesale expulsion of [[Levantia]]ns from [[Cheun|Ayermer]]. | Qiu Heng is a divisive figure in modern [[Daxia]], on one hand he is celebrated for his many noteworthy military achievements, for strengthening Daxia's military capacities and for beginning the work of restoring the nation's place at the center of [[Audonia]]'s power politics. On the other hand his detractors point to him as the principal architect of a repressive system that grew too sluggish and dysfunctional to keep up in the modern world and could only respond with brutality. He is vilified in Western sources especially for his mistreatment of prisoners of war and for the wholesale expulsion of [[Levantia]]ns from [[Cheun|Ayermer]]. | ||