Yu Dynasty Yingdala (4338-4636)

[Wu Han]

The Kaizhou Inquirer - February 4300
The Kaizhou Inquirer is northern Indrala's leading periodical, reporting on politics, culture and economics

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Republicans, Lotus Party Introduce Legislation to Recognize Ryeo Claim
The government is expected to pass legislation which recognizes the House of Ryeo as the rightous claiments to the throne of Dankuk amid the ongoing dynastic dispute


Kwan Zhiyong, leader of the Lotus Party, Introducing the legislation to the National Conference

TIAN'AN, Han -- In response to the ongoing Dranian dynastic dispute, the Lotus Party and the Republicans put forward bipartisan legislation (Bill LP/R-101) to recognize the House of Ryeo as the legitimate royal bloodline of Dranian throne.

The Dranian dynastic dispute was triggered by the authoritarian administration of President Hong Seon Ki and his party, the National Conservative Party. Hong, early into his presidency, ordered the military to raid Beonyeongsalm Palace to arrest Emperor Choeson V. Following the flight of the Ryeo family, Hong proclaimed himself 'God-Emperor.' President Hong's power wained when the Federalist Party and the Democratic Progressive Party were able to gain a narrow majority in the Imperial Senate. Vanishing into thin air, it would seem, President Hong was removed as candidate for the presidency by his party and replaced by Taeyang Sang-Ah, who herself maintains a claim to the throne. It has been well reported that the Taeyang claim is rife with historical revisionism, and has been criticized on these grounds.


Beonyeongsalm Palace in Gongmangdo, Dankuk

This legislation comes as relations between the National Conservative Party and the Republican Party government quickly deteriorated after the Dranian government attempted to negotiate a military alliance with Tian'an. The Lotus Party has been historically supportive of the House of Ryeo and the Dranian Federalist Party, with former-Chancellor Huang authorizing MSS agents to extract Ryeo family members from Dankuk and granting them refuge at the Yincheng Mountain Palace. The governing National Conservative Party claimed that Choeson had been kidnapped.

Introducing this legislation to the National Conference, Kwan Zhiyong said:

Our party was born out of the struggle of our young people against the tyrant Tony Pua, who claimed himself to be Emperor of our nation without a mandate from heaven. We in this nation know the Dranian experience so well because we have lived it. So that is why we must band together today and fight back against those who seek to propagate lies to their own people and work to hinder democracy and freedom here and around the world.

The Sun Clan, Indrala's most prominent noble family also released a statement:

One justice can overpower a hundred evils: We are pleased today to see that the people's assembly, the National Conference, has banded together to support the only legitimate claim to the Dranian throne -- that of the House of Ryeo.

The Sun Clan reportedly watched this situation closely, as the heir and only surviving member of the clan under 100 years old currently attends Gongmangdo University in Dankuk. This legislation is projected to pass unanimously in July.

...the Government of Indrala condemns in the strongest possible terms the Imperial Crownlands of Hulstria for their hostile actions in preventing medical aid and research into Ostland.

Protestors have gathered outside the Chancellor's residence demanding Zhang Zemin responds with a full travel ban and increased medical funding. The Chancellor has been rather mum with regard to the disease, although it is clear that they will not be able to stay that way for long.

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Indralan Martial Arts Expected to be Recognized as National Sport
Legislation from the Lotus Party is expected to pass which would declare two official national sports.


Title card of the WBC docuseries "Guidao Quan: Peace and Power"

TIAN'AN, Han -- The Lotus Party recently put forward legislation, which has gained all-party support, to recognize Indralan Martial Arts as the second official sport of Indrala. At present, only archery is recognized as an official sport, but come July this will change. Archery will be recognized as Indrala's official fall-winter sport, whereas Indralan martial arts will be the official spring-summer sport. This move has generated renewed interest in Indralan martial arts among the public, as well as a greater sense of honour for those who practice them. In response to the upcoming change, the state-broadcaster Wenhua Broadcasting Corporation has produced an eight-part docuseries on Guidao Quan, one of the many styles of Indralan martial arts, which is expected to air in June.


Scenes from the WBC docuseries trailer

According to Grand Master Zhang Sanfeng of the Guidao Quan Foundation, this move has been very well received by the martial arts community:

Seeing that the government plans to finally recognize our unique and time-tested discipline brings great honour to myself, to my ancestors and to all those who developed this craft over the millennia. Today we kowtow to the great teachers of these skills, and tomorrow we will redouble our efforts to refine them.

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Originally posted by Wu Han on 15 November 2017.