Beiyang Government
“”China is so tired of being
 bossed around that they deleted  their old government and make a new, stronger government, which is accidentally weaker and controlled by a  guy from the previous government. |
—  Bill Wurtz, History of the entire world, I guess
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The Beiyang government was the internationally recognized government of the 
Republic of China between 1912 and 1928, based in 
Beijing. He was dominated by the generals of the 
Beiyang Army, giving him his name.
History
On 10 March 1912, Yuan Shikai, leader of the Beiyang Army, became provisional president while located in Beijing, his power base. He refused to move to 
Nanjing, fearing further assassination attempts. It was also more economical to keep the existing Qing bureaucracy in Beijing, so the provisional senate moved north as well; the government thereby began the administration from Beijing on 10 October 1912.
On the second year of the Republic of China (1913), October 6, Yuan Shikai was elected as the first president of the 
Republic of China, marking the official establishment of the Beijing government and the end of the provisional government.
In 1915, Yuan Shikai tried to restore the 
monarchy by founding the 
Empire of China, but this failed quickly because the people just got rid of a monarchy and weren't ready to have another one. So in 1916 the Empire of China collapsed and China broke into several cliques and armies ruled by warlords, most of them loyal to the Beiyang Government.
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Relationships
Friends
Empire of Japan - Supported me against 
these revolutionaries 
.
Enemies
Nationalist Government - You think you’ve won, don’t you? You call yourself the true heir of the Republic, but I was here first. It was MY armies that held China together after the fall of the 
Qing! Without me, you would have been nothing more than a band of idealists preaching revolution in the south.
Trivia
- Many people confuse the Beiyang flag as a
LGBTQ+ flag, even though the Beiyang flag was made way before the LGBT movement solidified.
Flag
The flag that the Beiyang government used is called "Five Races Under One Union", with the red representing the 
Han Chinese, yellow the 
Manchus, blue the 
Mongols, white the 
Hui Muslims (later is also represented 
Uyghurs and all other Muslim minorities), and black the 
Tibetans. This set of symbolism would later be adopted by 
Manchukuo, who changed it up a bit.
How to draw
Beiyang Government has a drawing rating of easy.
- Draw a ball.
- Divide the ball into five stripes horizontally.
- Fill in these colours for the stripes from top to bottom: red, yellow, blue, white, black.
- Add Chinese eyes and done!
| Color Name | HEX | |
|---|---|---|
| Red | #DE2119 | |
| Yellow | #FFC500 | |
| Blue | #08639C | |
| White | #FFFFFF | |
| Black | #000000 | |
