Yu Dynasty Yingdala (4338-4636)

[Wu Han]

The Market is a nationally-published daily economic newspaper centered in Tian'an. While the paper remains generally non-partisan, critics have observed a tendency for the paper to publish articles which generally support classically liberal economic policies and the established economic order of Indrala.

Freedom Party founded by local Tian'an businessman Fang Wei

5 May 4369

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This 32 year old businessman is moving onto bigger ventures, both politically and economically.

NATIONWIDE NEWS: Local businessman and former owner of a small chain of laundromats in Tian'an, Fang Wei, has announced the formation of a political party, named the "Freedom Party", advocating for more free-market practices in an already fairly laissez-faire economy. Fang's entrance into the political arena comes days after he sold all his assets in his aforementioned laundromat chain, which was named the "Happy Sun Laundromat", and bought up a small oil drilling company, named "Indralan National Petroleum", headquartered in Mudanwan, in the Min Province. He then, as Chairman of the Freedom Party, submitted to the National Assembly a charter to ask for their approval to begin offshore drilling 50 miles off the coast of Mudanwan, in pursuit of oil. Despite the mainland being still rich in natural minerals, he believes more crude oil sits at the bottom of the seabed. Due to the government's laissez-faire approach to economics, oil companies typically haven't asked for permits to do such things, and instead immediately began to offshore drill. Fang's unusual approach to this seems to be an attempt to warm up to the other parties in the National Assembly. His location of drilling has also struck other companies as an oddity, as most crude oil refineries have been headquartered in Anle, in Tiaxi. He believes that there is quote, "Untapped potential" sitting beneath the seabed. The company he purchased already had in its possession two oil rigs. He plans to begin operations in the area sometime later this week. Today, Fang successfully registered his company on the Indralan Stock Exchange as INP. He has in a somewhat cocky way already approached investors to his company, proclaiming that Indralan National Petroleum is on the verge of unrivaled economic success. Time will tell however whether or not Fang's business rises up, or falls flat.

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Originally posted by thefalloutfan101 on 27 March 2018.