cranlet
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Post by cranlet on Apr 23, 2020 0:29:27 GMT
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cranlet
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Posts: 42
Party: Socialist Party
Character: Anita Chow
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Post by cranlet on Apr 23, 2020 1:25:49 GMT
Floortje Cheung - Unity and Consolidation Party Account Name: Van Hool Islands Occupation: Former MP Party Position(s):Member of Parliament Positions in Government:Member of Parliament Constituency: Langswijk Political Ideology: National liberal, liberal conservative, moderately anti-Islam and anti-immigration Family: No spouse, no children Background: Floortje Cheung was born in Kowloon, British Hong Kong in 1971, to a Eurasian Bandurian mother and a Hong Konger father. Her parents moved back to Banduria a year later, settling in Boschstad, where Floortje would grow up for the rest of her upbringing. She excelled in the arts in elementary and high school, and initially went to university to study music. However, at university, she got involved with the local Young Conservatives chapter, invigorating a previously latent interest in politics and activism. She would then switch her degree after a year, deciding to get a degree in political science. She also volunteered in the re-election campaign of Conservative MP Jan De Klerk, and would use the connections gained through this work to her own advantage in her future political career. Her first run for Parliament as a Conservative in the 1999 Kleinveld by-election was unsuccessful, but in 2003 she ran for election in the district of Langswijk, a semi-affluent, mostly Eurasian neighbourhood located in the eastern end of Boschstad. The Conservative Party dissolved in 2008, with most members crossing the floor to the newly-formed Unity and Consolidation Party, or the UCP. Her career as an MP has been marked by some controversy and even denouncements by Muslim MPs, some even from the UCP, due to her moderate anti-Islamic views. Comments about Muslims that she made in 2009 would result in a temporary suspension from the party that lasted a year, during which she identified in parliament as an independent MP. The suspension was lifted in mid 2010, and she rejoined the party. Since her suspension, she has been less outspoken about her views on Islam, and instead focuses more on immigration issues, specifically illegal immigration from Vietnam and mainland China. She has also been an outspoken critic of the Chinese Communist Party as of late, specifically focusing on the CCP's treatment of Hong Kong since the 1997 handover. Despite living most of her life in Banduria, she has visited Hong Kong frequently, calling it her "second home". She has listed some of her political inspirations, including former Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, Margaret Thatcher, and Winston Churchill. Cheung is famously unmarried, and lives alone with her two cats. She is an avid violinist, and has performed on two occasions with the Boschstad Symphony Orchestra, and worked as a professional violinist in several capacities before her election as an MP. She also plays the clarinet, piano, and guitar. She speaks Cantonese as her primary language, also speaking Dutch, English, and is also somewhat fluent in Japanese. She is a fan of Hong Kong action movies, specifically the movies of Jet Li, John Woo, and Sammo Hung. She released an album of jazz standards, Kowloon Rain, in 2003 as an independent release, with Cheung providing clarinet and vocals. Proceeds from the album went to a foundation advocating for lessening Chinese influence in Hong Kong, and she has made comments over the last 15 or so years about her work on a second album, but nothing has been released yet. She has noted an appreciation for jazz musicians like John Coltrane, Miles Davis, and Ornette Coleman, and cites all three as an influence on her pursuing music. Cheung resigned from the UCP and Parliament after a drink driving-related accident in mid-2020, also revealing her relationship with a female former staffer. Faith: Buddhist Likes: Banduria, Hong Kong, Singapore, capitalism, democracy Dislikes: Mainland China, the CCP, Islam, socialism Any Questions from the Public to be answered?[/b] - Rejecting the influence of the People's Republic of China over Southeast Asia and maintaining Bandurian sovereignty is key, as well as stopping illegal immigration in favour of worthwhile and economically beneficial immigrants that share Bandurian values.[/ul]
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cranlet
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Party: Socialist Party
Character: Anita Chow
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Post by cranlet on Apr 23, 2020 1:42:07 GMT
Langswijk Account Name: Van Hool Islands Elected Representative: Floortje Cheung Population: 13,440 Ethnic Composition: 75% Eurasian 10% Chinese 10% Malay 2% Indian 3% Other ethnicities Background: Langswijk is a wealthy suburban neighbourhood in eastern Boschstad. Constructed mostly after the 1960s, most residents are middle or upper-middle class Eurasian Bandurians. Dutch and Cantonese are both widely spoken in the area, and the area skews heavily towards conservative candidates in municipal and national elections. Religion: 45% Dutch Protestant 10% Buddhist 30% Irreligious 15% Other religions
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inhorto
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Posts: 36
Party: Unity and Consolidation
Character: Joseph Yu
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Post by inhorto on Apr 23, 2020 1:46:34 GMT
JOSEPH YU - UNITY AND CONSOLIDATION PARTY Account Name: Inhorto Occupation: MP Party Position(s): Leader of the UCP Positions in Government: Prime Minister of Banduria Constituency: Boschstad-North Political Ideology: On the whole, Joseph Yu is described as a moderate and center-right on most issues. He most closely identifies as a pan-nationalist, fiscal conservative, economic liberal, and social moderate. He believes that violence is the cause of the vicious cycle of systemic poverty, and he is particularly interested in judicial as well as financial reform to curb corruption. Family: Alexandra Yu (née Piper), wife. Sons James Yu (10) and Parker Yu (8). Sister Christine Yu. Background: Joseph (Dutch: Jozef) Yu was born on 4 May 1977 to Peter and Clarissa Yu in Amsterdam. He is of Han Chinese origin and has one younger sister, Cristine. Both of his parents were born and raised in Banduria. Peter, Joseph's father, was an electrical engineer who studied in the Netherlands, while his mother was a line chef. Peter's father Theodore Yu was active in Banduria's politics and the independence movement. Theodore and his family fled, however, when Iskandar De Wit staged a military coup and wrested the reins of political power in 1965. Joseph had a modest middle-class upbringing in the Netherlands. He spoke Chinese at home and Dutch with his peers. When he was nine, the De Wit dictatorship crumbled, and Joseph and his family would regularly visit Banduria in the summertime. When Joseph turned eighteen in 1995, he went off to study political science at the University of Amsterdam and completed his doctorate in the field at Harvard University in the United States. At Harvard, he met Alexandra Yu, and the couple wed in 2006. During this time, Joseph's father returned to Banduria and became involved in local politics. He was elected to the Boschstad city council in 2001. In 2007, Peter Yu was elected as mayor of Boschstad. Tragically, however, his mayorship would come to an end on 5 February 2008 when his car spun out of control and crashed into a building, killing him. Joseph returned to Banduria and gave a rousing eulogy to his father. On the advice of close confidants, Joseph decided to remain in Banduria and pursue the path of politics. He founded the Unity and Consolidation Party in 2018. On 1 May 2020, Yu was elected to the office of Prime Minister of Banduria. Joseph speaks three languages: Dutch, Mandarin Chinese, and English. He is generally described by most who meet him as kind and sociable, albeit a little talkative. He enjoys playing the piano is a die-hard Chopin fan. Faith: Non-denominational Christian Likes: Piano music, hot chocolate, coffee, Thatcherism, Bandurian unity, capitalism, literature, criminal justice reform, housing reform, pan-nationalism, Bandurian exceptionalism. Dislikes: Dutch nationalism, sectarianism, socialism, communism, anything avant garde, fake woke. Any Questions from the Public to be answered?[/b] - *ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS HERE - COME UP WITH THEM YOURSELF, OR ADD QUESTIONS YOU'VE ANSWERED FROM OTHER PEOPLE ON THE FORUMS*[/ul]
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merni
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Posts: 41
Party: Socialist Party (SP)
Character: Zhang Xiaoqing
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Post by merni on Apr 23, 2020 4:09:59 GMT
Zhang Xiaoqing - Socialist Party Account Name: Merni Occupation: MP Party Position(s): Parliamentary leader Positions in Government:Minister for Public Administration and Justice Constituency: Bloemenwijk Northwest Political Ideology: Democratic socialism, social centrism. Anti-globalist but not isolationist. Family: Husband: Sun Guowei (52), children Huang (22) and Dongmei (17). Background: Zhang Xiaoqing was born in Bloemenwijk, to an ethnic Chinese family which has lived in Banduria since before the 1646 war, on 24 February 1968. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in Penghuni culture from the Bloemenwijk University. She married Sun Guowei, a doctor, in 1990. From a young age she had been interested in politics, participating in the Orange Revolution protests for democracy in 1986 at the age of 18. She joined the Socialist Party after democracy was restored, and entered Parliament in 2000, winning her home Bloemenwijk Northwest seat by a very narrow margin against the NVP candidate. She has represented the seat continuously since. During her long tenure as an MP, she has campaigned for workers' rights, autonomy and recognition for Penghunis, welfare and universal health care. She has strongly opposed close ties with the PRC and advocated neutrality, expressing fears about expanding Chinese influence. She lives in Bloemenwijk with her husband and her son Huang and daughter Dongmei. She is an avid hiker and cyclist. Her native language is Cantonese, but she is also fluent in Dutch and Penghuni. Faith: Non-practicing Taoist. Likes: Democracy, equality, peace, Penghuni culture, football, Chinese traditional music, the outdoors. Dislikes: Ultra-capitalism, big corporations, colonialism, ethnic supremacism, the PRC government. Any Questions from the Public to be answered?- What do you believe is Banduria's greatest challenge? - Two things: Firstly, China's expansionist policy and authoritarianism, which threatens the territorial sovereignty of not only Banduria, but the whole region. Secondly, the widespread economic and social inequality in Banduria.
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agarn
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Party: UCP
Character: Susilo Sri MP
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Post by agarn on Apr 23, 2020 10:06:41 GMT
Susilo Raja Tirta Sri - UCP Account Name: Agarntrop Occupation: MP Constituency: Boschstad-South Political Ideology: Conservatism, social conservatism, liberal conservatism, moderatism Family: Wife: Cahyo Dewi Sri (49), 2 daughters: Indah Nurul Sri (27), Widya Batari Sri (23). 1 son: Kadek Tirta Sri (18) Background: Susilo Raja Tirta Sri was born on April 23rd, 1947 in the neighbourhood of Malebied in Boschstad. His family were historically Indonesian immigrants that had arrived in the year 1691 during the great influx of Indonesians, and had survived turbulent times. Since then, however, his family had become rich, his father was a property developer. He grew up in a newly independent optimistic Banduria and gained a fascination with politics. He graduated school in 1963, and temporarily recieved a job as a welder, which he worked as after the De Witt coup He went to university in 1967, and studied politics, economics, and philosophy, gaining a Masters' degree in 1974. Those degrees were conducted in an increasingly propagandist fashion due to De Witt, and the effects of the propaganda still impose themselves upon him today, with him sympathising with the former regime. He later became a local civil servant in 1977, working with Boschstad council to audit data. He became a councillor in 1984, aligning as an independent but heavily alignimg with De Witt on the majority of issues. He kept these views even during and after democratisation in the late 1980s, although he moderated them over time. He was still a councillour until the late 1990s, when he was elected to parliament. He was an independent conservative muslim until 2019, when he joined the UCP. Faith: Sunni Islam Likes: Authoritarianism, social conservatism, islamic conservatism, neo-Dewittism, ethnic equality, economic liberalism, capitalism Dislikes: Liberals, islamaphobia, homosexuals, abortion, the PRC, ethno-nationalism, islamic revisionism, socialism Any Questions from the Public to be answered?[*]*ADD QUESTION* - *ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS HERE - COME UP WITH THEM YOURSELF, OR ADD QUESTIONS YOU'VE ANSWERED FROM OTHER PEOPLE ON THE FORUMS*
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Post by ikania on Apr 23, 2020 10:10:05 GMT
KATHIRAVAN RAMASUBRAMANIAN - Tamil People's Party Account Name: Ikania Occupation: MP Party Position(s):Party President Positions in Government:none Constituency: Yampanila Political Ideology: Tamil Autonomy, Social Conservatism, Liberal Capitalism Family: Wife, Krishnalakshmi C. 2 children: Rithubhana and Tharanishwar Background: Kathiravan Ramasubramanian is most often known by his initials, K.R. He was born July 31st, 1964. In Yampanila, Banduria's largest city with a plurality Tamil population, he rose to local fame in the 1990s as a popular radio host and political commentator. In 2002, he created the Tamil People's Party in response to discrimination leveled against Banduria's Tamil minority. K.R. is seen as a homegrown hero in the Tamil slums of Yampanila, and frequently rails against the major parties for ignoring Tamil interests. Although experiencing various degrees of success over the history of the party, K.R. has guided the TMK to control of some Tamil municipalities, and consistently racks up a large proportion of the Tamil vote. In 2020, his main priority is to enforce the adoption of Tamil as one of Banduria's official language, give recognition to Tamils' special history in the country, and secure autonomy and dignity for the Tamil Hindu people of Banduria. Faith: Hinduism Likes: Barbecues, stump speeches, television, game shows, tea. Dislikes: Atheists, homosexuals, and his political rivals. Any Questions from the Public to be answered?[/b] - *ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS HERE - COME UP WITH THEM YOURSELF, OR ADD QUESTIONS YOU'VE ANSWERED FROM OTHER PEOPLE ON THE FORUMS*[/ul]
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puertollano
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Party: Revolutionary People's Party
Character: Lao-Tzu Lu
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Post by puertollano on Apr 23, 2020 11:13:39 GMT
Lao-Tzu Lu - Revolutionary People's Party Account Name: Puertollano Occupation: Member of Parliament Party Position(s):General-Secretary of the Presidium of the Revolutionary People's Party Positions in Government:Member of Parliament Constituency: Central Naarden Political Ideology: Xi Jinping Thought, Socialism with Chinese Characteristics, Maosim, Anti-Imperialism Family: Lao-Tzu Lu has a wife and three children, aged 7, 14 and 21. Background: Lao-Tzu Lu was born to an upper-middle family of rice farmers who had sustained from the land for a great many generations. Lu's grandfather had been a guerrilla fighter against the Japanese occupation of Banduria during World War Two with resistance cells aligned with the Communist Party of China. Lu's father had been an important founding member of the People's Revolutionary Party, then a violent insurrectionist cell supported covertly by the Chinese Communist Party. However, following a decidedly fraught asymmetrical warfare, his father came to the negotiating table with pro-government forces. In assurances of freedom from prosecution, the Revolutionary People's Party changed its' tact towards electoralism. Despite poor relations with a segment of the population, the Revolutionary People's Party was able to pick up a couple of agrarian, peasant constituencies (including Central Naarden). Lu spent his higher education years in Beijing, studying engineering. He returned to Banduria shortly after and returned to work on the rice farm. He later became an architect and chief designer for infrastructure projects. Following his father's retirement, Lao-Tzu Lu inherited the political dynasty in Central Naarden by seeking election following his retirement. Lao-Tzu Lu's leadership marked a change in the running of the Revolutionary People's Party, as he was the first leader not from the early insurrectionist background. Faith: Irreligious Likes: The People's Republic of China, anti-imperialism and Bandurian/Chinese ethnic nationalism. Dislikes: Hong Kong protests, Dutch colonial history. Any Questions from the Public to be answered?[/b] - *ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS HERE - COME UP WITH THEM YOURSELF, OR ADD QUESTIONS YOU'VE ANSWERED FROM OTHER PEOPLE ON THE FORUMS*[/ul]
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Vedastia
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Posts: 28
Party: National Freedom Party (NVP)
Character: Jan van der Stel
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Post by Vedastia on Apr 23, 2020 11:27:24 GMT
Johan Frederik Maria "Jan" van der Stel - National Freedom Party
Account Name: VedastiaOccupation: Member of Parliament, university professor Party Position(s):Leader Positions in Government:N/A Constituency: Ouderkerk Political Ideology: Dutch ethnic autonomism, national conservatism, Roelofsdal autonomism Family: Wife: Wilhelmina (née van Buuren; born 15 July 1978) Sons: - Willem Leopold Maria "Wim" van der Stel (born 5 August 2005)
- Gijsbert Jozef Maria "Gijs" van der Stel (born 10 May 2007)
- Jacobus Cornelis Maria "Koos" van der Stel (born 28 April 2010)
Background: Johan Frederik Maria "Jan" van der Stel was born on the rural outskirts of Ouderkerk, Roelofsdal State on 4 June 1975 to Frederika (née Wouters), a housewife and daughter of Eugène François Pierre Marie Wouters, a longshoreman from Roelofstad, and Johannes Franciscus Petrus Maria "Hans" van der Stel, a farmer. Jan is the second of five children and was raised on his father's farm in a Catholic household. His elder fraternal twin, Frans Pieter Maria van der Stel, is Leader of the Democratic Party in the Roelofsdal State Legislative Assembly. Van der Stel's ancestors on both sides of his family are Catholics from Limburg who migrated to Banduria in the early 19th century, shortly after Catholics were first allowed to do so. His family was rather poor during the early years of his life, but several good harvests allowed Hans to invest his profits into acquiring more land from his neighbors and processing equipment to become a major agricultural producer in Roelofsdal. He attended Robert Bellarmine College (Dutch: (Sint-)Robertus-Bellarminuscollege) in central Ouderkerk. Van der Stel's family were longtime members of the SDL due to anti-Dutch sentiment among Catholics, including Dutch Catholics, before De Wit's coup, as well as the fact that they were on the lower rung of the socioeconomic ladder and were still aligned with centre-left politics after the Orange Revolution. However, Jan became enamored with Dutch culture while in secondary school and was attracted to the NVP, though was reluctant to join its youth organizations, fearing ostracism from his family due to their centre-left convictions and the party's perceived anti-Catholicism, the latter of which Jan himself was cognizant of and feared ostracism from the party's youth organizations for the same reason. He went to Dutch-speaking Europe to study political science, earning his BA & MA degrees from Radboud University Nijmegen and his PhD from KU Leuven. He was an early professor at the University of Ouderkerk, which had only been founded several years after the Orange Revolution, and became a prominent academic in Roelofsdal & among Dutch-Bandurians seeking political autonomy, working with the NVP's Henk Both Foundation and contributing to the the NVP-aligned newspaper de Landskrant. His fear of ostracism from the general NVP organization diminished as the party became a tad more liberal than before and was trying to boost membership among Catholics, atheists, urbanites, and youth while still maintaining its conservative Dutch character. He was elected to Parliament from Ouderkerk in 2003 with a plurality and was selected to be leader of the NVP in 2015, becoming its first Catholic leader. As leader, van der Stel has worked to reconcile with likeminded parties. He is married to Dutch literature professor Wilhelmina (née van Buuren), who converted to Catholicism from the Bandurian Reformed Church for him, and has three sons with her, Wim, Gijs, and Koos. Van der Stel is fluent in Dutch, English, Malay, and Mandarin. He has been known to restore imported classic cars and is frequently spotted driving a modified AC Ace. Faith: Roman Catholicism Likes: Rural life, classic cars, teaching, the Catholic Church, Dutch culture Dislikes: Anti-Dutch sentiment, communism, surprises, perfume Any Questions from the Public to be answered?- What do you believe is Banduria's greatest challenge?: The struggle between state and national control is the most pressing issue in Banduria. Local governments are not given enough authority to determine the course of action they want to take. This, of course, is not a problem in every constituent state in Banduria. Some states differ from the others so much that they could be considered nations of their own, and should be given special autonomy under the Bandurian government to support their political goals. Different states need different policies suited to their needs and should have the power to do so, especially those of which that could be considered separate nations of their own under Bandurian authority.
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crylante
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His Highness
Posts: 25
Party: Reform Party
Character: Alana Lam
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Post by crylante on Apr 23, 2020 11:34:11 GMT
Willem van Aldenkamp - Reform Party Account Name: Crylante Occupation: MP Party Position(s):Party Chairman Positions in Government:Constituency: Bloemenwijk North East Political Ideology: Georgism, civic nationalism, cultural liberalism, anti-immigration, anti-pillarisation Family: Background: van Aldenkamp was born on the 14th October, 1976, in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, to a Taiwanese mother and a Bandurian Eurasian father who both initially supported the Kuomintang and the Three Principles of the People ideology, but after the 1979 protests began to become more supportive of opposition as the country reformed to become more democratic. As a result, van Aldenkamp grew up in a time of rapid political change and democratisation as the country's martial law and dictatorial tendencies were neutered, leading to him becoming actively political, adopting his own spin on the Three Principles of democracy, welfare and nationalism. After finishing education at 18 in Taiwan, van Aldenkamp and his parents moved to father's native Bloemenwijk, which he had fled in the 60's, in order to set up a phone shop with his father. The phone shop managed to create a decent income for him and his parents, but he became increasingly political as he noticed the inequality between various social groups around him, and thus sharpened his beliefs, believing that adopting ideas such as a land value tax and universal basic income, as well as pan-ethnic nationalism and a focus on democratic governance would help solve much of the social inequality in society. These ideas developed further as in 2000 he used the money he had earned at the phone shop to enroll at university in Bloemenwijk, studying subjects such as economics, politics and sociology, yet did not complete his degree as in 2003 he ran as an independent for the Bloemenwijk City Council, successfully being elected to represent the Nieuwe-Gorinchem neighbourhood on the northeastern fringe of the city. After presenting his ideas to little success on the council for a few terms, in 2010 he decided to set up the Reform Party to advocate for his political ideas, incorporating Georgist economic views, a form of Bandurian nationalism embracing all of the nation's various ethnicities and standing in opposition to ethnic pillarisation, as well as a strong commitment to greater democratic involvement, and in 2013 was successfully elected to represent Bloemenwijk North East in the national parliament through a by-election, and has defended the seat since. van Aldenkamp is unmarried and lives with his elderly mother. Faith: Reformed Protestant (albeit slightly more liberal than the official church line) Likes: Georgism, democracy, civic nationalism, protectionism, universal healthcare, Taiwan, Banduria, anti-discrimination laws Dislikes: Communism, free trade, PRC, Chinese "cuisine" Any Questions from the Public to be answered?[/b] - *ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS HERE - COME UP WITH THEM YOURSELF, OR ADD QUESTIONS YOU'VE ANSWERED FROM OTHER PEOPLE ON THE FORUMS*[/ul]
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jovuistan
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King Kuang
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Party: Socialist Party
Character: Kuang Jun
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Post by jovuistan on Apr 23, 2020 14:59:37 GMT
Kuang Jun - Socialist Party Account Name: Jovuistan Occupation: MP Party Position(s):Member of Parliament Positions in Government:Member of Parliament Constituency: Bloemenwijk South Political Ideology: Democratic Socialist, Environmentalist, Social Progressive Family: Christina Herman (Wife), Arnold (Son), Kai (Brother), Xiu (Sister) Background: Kuang Jun was born on May 3rd, 1966, in a small town called Leeuwberg near Bloemenwijk. He was born to a lower-class family with limited resources, ethnic Chinese who immigrated in the 1890s without much on their backs, and through generations, to their dismay, were unable to gain much. Kuang would move to Bloemenwijk when he turned 18 in hopes that he could find success, but was unfortunately stuck with a low-wage job as a grocery store clerk. His first dive into politics came in 1986 when the Orange Revolution began. A co-worker who he worked with held a deep interest in politics and was opposed to the junta of De Wit, and convinced Kuang to attend the demonstrations with him. Getting caught up in the mass protests against the regime and seeing so many people in solidarity with his developing views sparked a desire in him. Kuang would spend the next few years frequently reading Socialist materials. He began volunteering for Socialist Party candidates in the 90s, allowing him to start building connections in preparation for a planned election campaign in the future. With the internet spreading in the 90s, Kuang decided to use this new resource as a platform to spread his ideology. He began by opening up a blog in 1998 voicing his thoughts on the issues of the day, providing a leftwing perspective that gave him a small cult following in the first few years. In 2004 he turned his blog into a full-blown website called the Kuang Report, with a daily talk show and opinion pieces being the main attractions of this new political vehicle. His audience grew more and more as the years went by, earning the attention of those within the Socialist Party. Several insiders within the party were hesitant to recruit someone like Kuang due to his blunt and occasional crude style, but others felt that his ability to form a dedicated base would give them a huge advantage in winning the seat. Kuang initially held off on a run due to the success of the Kuang Report, but he decided to take is shot once approached by Socialist members. His populist politics made him very popular with young and poor Bandurians, allowing him to win election to the Bloemenwijk South seat in 2013. His tenure as an MP has given him power to fight for the issues he spoke about most during the Kuang Report era. He has fought hard for income equality, protection of working-class jobs, and environmental justice. He has become known for his dry wit and sometimes crass statements on the floor, leading to plenty of criticism from his opponents. Faith: Taoism Likes: Banduria, equal rights, democratic socialism, nature, the internet, comedy, Hip Hop Dislikes: Capitalism, large corporations, pollution, dark chocolate, winter, horror Any Questions from the Public to be answered?[/b] - *ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS HERE - COME UP WITH THEM YOURSELF, OR ADD QUESTIONS YOU'VE ANSWERED FROM OTHER PEOPLE ON THE FORUMS*[/ul]
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saonovaeuropa
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Party: Democratic Party
Character: Yang Kang
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Post by saonovaeuropa on Apr 23, 2020 17:30:23 GMT
YANG KANG - DEMOCRATIC PARTY Account Name: Sao Nova Europa Occupation: MP Party Position(s):Chairman Positions in Government:None Constituency: Boschstad-Center Political Ideology: Civic Nationalism, Third Way, Social Liberalism, Social Democracy, E-Governance, Green Politics Family: Wife: Wu Ling-yi (47), Son: Yang Guo (21) Background:
Yang Kang was born in Boschstad in July 12, 1962 to an upper-class family the third child of his family. His parents were both Chinese. His father was a prominent businessman in the field of retail while his mother the daughter of a conservative MP. Yang Kang had a rather unremarkable childhood. He had a private education. He lacked social charisma but managed to get top grades and a scholarship at Harvard, leaving behind his country. He graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University with a bachelor's degree in chemistry and physics. Instead of continuing his studies in chemistry, he decided to attend Columbia University, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in mathematics. Eleven years later, he received his Ph.D. in economics.
He eventually managed to become a Professor at New York University Business School. Yang Kang would also pen occasionally articles in the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post. In his articles, he laid out his political and economic ideas of a transition to a green economy, widespread use of internet in public administration and governance, support for free trade and economic globalization, protection of civil liberties and support for a social liberal agenda. In 2010, he returned to his native Banduria and became a Professor of Economics at Boschstad University. Aside from his academic duties, Yang Kang would become a regular opinion essayist in various popular Bandurian newspapers, allowing him to gain an audience for his centrist liberal views.
In 2014, Yang Kang managed to win the leadership elections of the Democratic Party despite (or, some would say, because of) his lack of previous political involvement. The platform of the party included: a more progressive taxation that would cut taxes for the working & middle classes and increase taxation of big earners, a balance between cutting red tape and retaining & strengthening safety and health regulations, digitization of the entire public administration and e-governance, institution of a carbon tax and subsidies for renewable resources, increased funding of social services while making them more efficient with use of digital administration, free trade & economic globalization, civil rights legislation for LGBT people and decriminalization of marijuana. In 2016, Yang Kang was elected as an MP.
Faith: Irreligious Likes: Liberal democracy, Banduria, European Union, US, Taiwan, social liberalism, environmentalism, capitalism, free trade, globalization, internet. Dislikes: Communism, conservatism, ethnic nationalism, populism, PRC, social conservatives, homophobia. Any Questions from the Public to be answered?[/b] - *ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS HERE - COME UP WITH THEM YOURSELF, OR ADD QUESTIONS YOU'VE ANSWERED FROM OTHER PEOPLE ON THE FORUMS*[/ul]
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merni
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Posts: 41
Party: Socialist Party (SP)
Character: Zhang Xiaoqing
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Post by merni on Apr 23, 2020 18:11:11 GMT
Socialist Party - Political Party Objective: Democratic socialism, social centrism Members:- Zhang Xiaoqing (Merni)
- Julius B. Zhao (The Baton Rouge Free State)
- Kuang Jun (jovuistan)
- Martin Van Der Linden (Kowani)
Location: Headquarters in Boschstad. Background: The Socialist Party's predecessor, the North Indies Socialist Party, was founded in 1934, winning one seat in the first democratic elections of 1935. It was initially a Marxist-Leninist party advocating a workers' revolution, but eventually the radicals left the party, and it became a more moderate socialist party similar to today by the late 1940s. The party faced persecution during Japanese occupation, but survived and rose in influence afterwards, becoming a significant party (though never the government) in the First Republic. The party was banned during the De Wit period, being considered a threat to the junta. After the Orange Revolution the current Socialist Party was founded, inheriting the legacy of its predecessor even though it was officially a new party. The party has appealed to the poor and the urban youth, especially non-Europeans, winning seats mainly in rural areas and poor suburbs. Supports: Democratic socialism, workers' rights, universal health care, welfare, the environment ... Does not Support: Corporations, wars and foreign interventions, ... Any Questions from the Public to be answered?[/b] - *ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS HERE - COME UP WITH THEM YOURSELF, OR ADD QUESTIONS YOU'VE ANSWERED FROM OTHER PEOPLE ON THE FORUMS*[/ul]
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merni
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Party: Socialist Party (SP)
Character: Zhang Xiaoqing
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Post by merni on Apr 23, 2020 18:31:12 GMT
Bloemenwijk Northwest Account Name: Merni Elected Representative: Zhang Xiaoqing Population: 60,000 Ethnic Composition: 62% Chinese 13% mixed Eurasian 13% Indonesian 6% Indian 2% European 4% other Background: This constituency contains a historically poor and Asian quarter of Bloemenwijk, northwest of the European centre. Most of the buildings are low-rise, constructed in the 19th or early 20th centuries, but there are a few modern high-rise blocks of flats. Living conditions are often poor and cramped. The most common languages spoken are Cantonese and Malay, with some Tamil speakers, and one of the largest remaining communities of Praat Bandur speakers in the country (~1000 people). The constituency has been held by the Socialist Party since 1995, and by Zhang Xiaoqing since 2000. Religion: 43% Buddhism 17% Islam 17% Christianity 11% Taoism/folk religions 6% Hindu 5% irreligious 1% other
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saonovaeuropa
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Party: Democratic Party
Character: Yang Kang
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Post by saonovaeuropa on Apr 23, 2020 18:35:40 GMT
Democratic Party - Political Party Objective: Social Liberalism, green transition, free trade, social progressivism Members:- Yang Kang (SaoNovaEuropa)
Location: Headquarters in Boschstad. Background: The Democratic Party was founded by a group of academics, journalists and green activists in 1989. Most of the founders were Western-educated liberals and social democrats who wanted a centrist alternative to the conservatism of the right and the socialism of the left. The party combines the ideologies of social liberalism and social democracy, and has thus been compared to the Liberal Democrats of the UK and the Liberal Party of Canada. Since its foundation, the party has gained recognition for its technocratic approach to politics, social progressivism and anti-populism, eschewing divisive rhetoric.
The Democratic Party first contested in elections in 1990. Its first leader was Guo Jing, a former journalist turned free-speech and environmental activist. Under his leadership, the Democratic Party managed to increase its vote share and seats in parliament. In 1997, Eric De Jong was elected as second leader of the party. A former TV presenter with a charming personality, under his leadership the Democratic Party achieved its greatest success in the 2002 elections. From 2002 to 2006, the Democratic Party was in government as part of a coalition. Pieter Chow Yi-Choek, the now President of Banduria, served as Foreign Minister and improved relations with Singapore and Hong Kong. The 2006 elections resulted in the loss of many seats for the Democrats and their exit from government. From 2006 to 2014, the party suffered from a decline in percentages as the third leader Yi Hong (2007 - 2014) was unable to win back voters who abandoned the party. On a regional level, the Democrats performed better though. In 2014, the Professor of Economics Yang Kang became the fourth leader of the party. Elected into parliament in 2016 after a dynamic, policies-oriented campaign, he has managed to attract new voters to the party.
The party mainly appeals to the urban, upper middle class and is especially strong among academics, journalists, owners of small businesses and part of the urban youth. Supports: Civic nationalism, tax cuts for the working & middle classes, increased taxation for corporations and high earners, simplification of the tax code, cutting red tape, strengthening of independent regulatory bodies, complete digitization of the public sector, increased funding for social programs, meritocracy and evaluation in the public sector, institution of a flat carbon tax, subsidies to support renewable energy investments, free trade, international cooperation, LGBT rights and decriminalization of marijuana. Does not Support: Socialism, neoliberalism, conservatism, religious right, homophobia, war on drugs, populism, divisive rhetoric, ethnic nationalism. Any Questions from the Public to be answered?[/b] - *ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS HERE - COME UP WITH THEM YOURSELF, OR ADD QUESTIONS YOU'VE ANSWERED FROM OTHER PEOPLE ON THE FORUMS*[/ul]
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agarn
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Party: UCP
Character: Susilo Sri MP
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Post by agarn on Apr 23, 2020 20:14:07 GMT
Boschstad South Account Name: Agarntrop Elected Representative: Susilo Sri (UCP) Population: 75,000 Ethnic Composition: Indonesian 51.3% Chinese 32.8% Mixed Eurasian 9.9% European 3.7% Indian 0.9% Others 1.4% Background: This area of Boschstad was merely a fishing village called until the 17th century, when a large port called Ouddop (also known as Shiulgongyang and ToliToli) was built there and served ships from Indonesia and Malaysia mainly, and it is where the 17th century Indonesian migrant conveys predominantly came into. As a result, the port expanded into its own large city which eventually merged with Boschstad, and is now known only as Boschstad South as a result. The social attitudes of the muslim community mean the area usually elects right-wing but anti-ethnonationalist politicians. The area is historically poor, but regeneration projects in the late 1990s mean that it has had a rebound and become a business hub. It has been represented by Susilo Sri since 1998, who was originally an independent conservative but joined the newly created UCP in 2019. Religion: 52.1% Muslim 23.9% Buddhist 3.1% Christian 0.6% Taoist 14.5% Irreligious 0.3% Other
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crylante
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His Highness
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Party: Reform Party
Character: Alana Lam
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Post by crylante on Apr 23, 2020 20:46:13 GMT
Bloemenwijk North East Account Name: Crylante Elected Representative: Willem van Aldenkamp (Reform) Population: 65,000 Ethnic Composition: 43% Chinese 27% Eurasian 15% European 6% Indonesian 5% Indian 4% Other Background: The northeastern area of the city of Bloemenwijk is one of inherent contradiction. One of the most densely populated areas of the city, it is simultaneously home to a vibrant entrepeneurial spirit with one of the highest concentration of businesses per capita and to one of the nation's highest urban unemployment rates. It is also home to both a well off Eurasian and European community, who prosper in the growing tech industry and other modern industries, yet also a precariat of ethnically Chinese individuals who struggle to make ends meet. This leads to some inherent contrasts; next to luxury apartment blocks developed for yuppies and entrepeneurs are glorified slums and deprecated social housing projects, next to shiny new accountancy offices and tech startup offices are small-family running stores selling anything they can get their hands on to make a living. However, it is also this inherent inequality to the area and ethnic divisions which have led it to its political character; while the spirit of entrepeneurialism present has discouraged the rise of socialist and communist parties as in other districts with large amounts of inequality, the district has shown a penchant for the non-socialist and pan-ethnic centre-left, with the Georgist Reform Party having a strong foothold in the area for both municipal and national elections as its economic plans and focus on social unity appeal to much of the region's various demographics. Religion: 41% Buddhist 29% No religion 25% Christian 3% Muslim 1% Taoist 1% Other
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novaanglicana
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Party: UCP
Character: Rutger de Vries-Lau (Lau Rutger)
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Post by novaanglicana on Apr 23, 2020 23:20:52 GMT
Rutger de Vries-Lau (Lau Rutger) - Unity and Consolidation Party Account Name: Nova Anglicana Occupation: MP/tech businessman Party Position(s):None at the moment Positions in Government:None at the moment Constituency: *ADD YOUR CONSTITUENCY, OR N/A IF NOT KNOWN* Political Ideology: Social conservatism, anti-communism, associationalism, dynamic conservatism Family: Wife Chua Fang, age 29, daughter Min de Vries-Lau (Lau Min), age 2 Background: Child of a Dutch father and Chinese mother, both immigrants to Banduria, de Vries-Lau was born in Banduria in 1988. He grew up in a middle-class suburb of Boschstad, in a fairly comfortable life. His father came to Banduria to work for a Dutch company as a factory manager, while his mother fled Communist persecution as a child during the Cultural Revolution. His father was a member of the local NVP party organization as well as a businessman, and his mother was a stay-at-home mom. His father divorced his mother and returned to the Netherlands when he was only six. His mother, who had been a chemist before he was born, was only able to find low-paying factory work for several years before finally landing a job in the research division of the company whose factory she'd been working in. They had to move several times, and Rutger always found solace in youth sports and Chinese cultural associations, but he made friends of all different races and religions growing up. He studied computer science at university in Banduria, paying a decent part of his tuition with clerical work and odd troubleshooting jobs. He jumped into the "Silicon Jungle" of Banduria after college, first working for a company, and then working on apps for groups and organizations to meet, organize, share information, and connect across geographic, racial, and religious divides. He sometimes goes by Lau Rutger out of respect to his mother, Lau Qiang, who raised him. He fiercely opposes racism and division, in part due to his NVP father leaving. His childhood gave him his firm belief in the power of associations, and his mom's family's persecution led him to oppose communism. He holds traditional Asian values in the power of communitarianism and the limits of individualism. He believes in the government's ability to strangle or promote Bandurian business; it has a role to play in promoting health, safety, and infrastructure, but should have a light hand in regulating business, lest it destroy promising business by picking favorites. He also believes in hard work; the government should provide a safety net for those who cannot work, but should provide the opportunity for everyone else to succeed instead of subsidizing layabouts. Faith: Mahayana Buddhism Likes: Meditation, duck rice, jenever, football, harmony Dislikes: Racism, communism, PRC, laziness Any Questions from the Public to be answered?[/b] - *ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS HERE - COME UP WITH THEM YOURSELF, OR ADD QUESTIONS YOU'VE ANSWERED FROM OTHER PEOPLE ON THE FORUMS*[/ul]
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Atlantica
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Posts: 18
Party: Communist Party
Character: Qiao Zexian
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Post by Atlantica on Apr 23, 2020 23:54:33 GMT
Bloemenwijk East Account Name: United Provinces of Atlantica Elected Representative: Qiao Zexian Population: 65,000 (official number of full-time residents), 100,000 (estimated number of full-time residents), 120,000 (estimated number of full-time residents and part-time residents) Ethnic Composition: 60% Chinese 20% Indonesian 10% Eurasian 10% Other (Official records, excluding part-time and illegal residents) Background: Though it is only four square kilometers, Bloemenwijk East contains a world of neighborhoods, each more culturally and linguistically diverse than the last, and though it is only a short distance from Banduria's wealthy, mostly white and Eurasian city centre, Bloemenwijk East is, particularly to outsiders, a world apart. Outsiders depict the area as a desolate, overcrowded area chock full of poverty and crime, and to some extent this is true; packed in its four square kilometers are desperately poor, illegal squats found on the area's eastern periphery and overcrowded single-room-occupancy hotels where residents often sleep four or five to a room. Though its population is officially 65,000 according to the Census, officials estimate that an additional 35,000 live here, packed into these squats and SROs; officials estimate that of these unrecorded residents, approximately 25,000 are illegal immigrants, and an additional 10,000 were native-born. Most of these illegal immigrants were born in China and Indonesia, giving the constituency one of the highest percentages of Indonesian and Mandarin speakers and one of the lowest percentages of Dutch speakers in the country, and most of these unrecorded native-born residents are homeless, mainly LGBT, youth. These slums have some of the highest rates of disease - especially venereal disease - and crime - especially drug use - in Banduria. To many of its residents, however, the region is a culturally vibrant place of wonder, where those down on their luck can find community, refuge, and opportunity; about two in five of Bloemenwijk East's residents are foreign-born (about half of whom are illegal immigrants and half legal, mostly-naturalized Chinese and Indonesian immigrants) and about in five are LGBT, with many of these homeless LGBT youth eventually finding community and hope in the constituency and becoming long-time, legal residents. Thanks to its great cultural diversity and highly affordable housing, thousands of artists also call Bloemenwijk East's neighborhoods home, dotting the region with murals, street theater, and art galleries. And although outsiders mostly know the constituency for its illegal immigrants and homeless youth, the core of this constituency is actually its tens of thousands of working-class, unionized, Cantonese-speaking residents who are long-time tenants in 19th-century terraced housing and 20th-century high-rise social housing projects, whose neighborhood roots go back to the city's founding, and who belong to extraordinarily tight-knit communities. Though conflict between these long-time residents and the newer, poorer residents is not uncommon, by 2020 these groups' relationships are relatively harmonious, giving the constituency a reputation for cultural tolerance, diversity, harmony, and strong intra and inter-community ties. However, thanks to this cultural vibrancy - especially the area's high concentration of artists and LGBT people - much of Bloemenwijk East has witnessed rapid gentrification and rising rents, mostly in neighborhoods close to the University of Bloemenwijk, a large, prestigious university whose 20,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students are part-time neighborhood residents. Many of these students stay in these neighborhoods after graduation and the University's urban renewal and development schemes have further accelerated gentrification in the neighborhood, and the relative harmony between long-time Cantonese-speaking residents and newer residents is is largely thanks to community organizing throughout the constituency along class-based lines in opposition to the University and gentrification. Rent strikes are very common in Bloemenwijk East, especially in terraced housing in gentrifying neighborhoods and in the region's poorly-maintained SROs, and activists have successfully blocked many if not all of the University's development schemes - though others, especially recent college graduates, blame these activists for exacerbating housing shortages by blocking these developments, and in that way accelerating the gentrification they so despise. The constituency's workers are also mostly organized into powerful and militant trade unions, making strikes common here. Though the constituency is very diverse in virtually all other characteristics, it is homogenous in one area: its politics. Bloemenwijk East's citizens are some of the most politically radical in Banduria, with radical student activists, gay liberationists, immigrant organizers, and Cantonese-speaking unionists all united in their political radicalism. Consequently, the Bandurian Communist Party dominates the constituency and regularly wins parliamentary and local elections, while the Socialist Party is the only other real political contender, electing many city councilors as part of a close Socialist-Communist alliance at the local level. Religion: 40% Buddhist 30% Irreligious 15% Muslim 7.5% Christian 7.5% Other
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Atlantica
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Posts: 18
Party: Communist Party
Character: Qiao Zexian
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Post by Atlantica on Apr 24, 2020 2:17:36 GMT
Qiao Zexian - Communist Party Account Name: United Provinces of Atlantica Occupation: Member of Parliament Party Position(s):Leader of the Communist Party Positions in Government:Member of Parliament Constituency: Bloemenwijk East Political Ideology: Communism, Marxism-Leninism, left-wing populism, social progressivism, left-wing nationalism Family: Xuan Zhelan (husband, m. 29 May, 2006, b. 17 July, 1977) Xuan Guanyu (son, b. 31 March, 2009) Xuan Luoyang (daughter, b. 17 February, 2010) Background: Qiao Zexian was born in the Chinatown district of San Francisco on 21 September, 1979, to working-class parents who fled Banduria and received political asylum in the United States after the military coup, fearing death because her father was a labor organizer prior to the coup; growing up, Qiao excelled at school, graduating with top marks from Lowell High School in 1997 and enrolling in UC Berkeley in 1997. In 1998, however, Qiao dropped out of UC Berkeley and enrolled in the University of Bloemenwijk, in order to rejoin her parents and younger siblings, who returned to an economically prospering Banduria after being evicted from their rent-controlled apartment in San Francisco. After graduating with a law degree in 2001, Qiao continued to live in East Bloemenwijk - where her extended family had lived for decades and where her parents lived before and after they lived in the United States - serving as an in-house lawyer for a Communist-affiliated labor union and working as a community organizer in East Bloemenwijk, eventually co-founding a community land trust in 2006 that, with funding from unions and the government, purchased squatted land in East Bloemenwijk's slums and built limited-equity housing cooperatives in its place. Through this work, Qiao became closely involved with and rose through the ranks of the Communist Party. She ran for and was elected to the Bloemenwijk City Council under the Communist label in 2009, becoming noted as one of the Council's most left-wing and outspoken members, albeit not one unwilling to work across the aisle and compromise. After the previous Communist MP retired in 2012, Qiao became an MP for Bloemenwijk East and a Communist frontbencher, before being elected Communist Leader in early 2020. Faith: Buddhism Likes: Communism, social housing, Southern Chinese cuisine, tea, public transportation, bicycling Dislikes: Capitalism, gentrification, slums, Deng Xiaoping and the People's Republic of China post-1979, the World Bank Any Questions from the Public to be answered?[/b] - I believe that our country's greatest challenge is the tremendous economic inequality facing our nation; even as our economy booms and our country's GDP per capita reaches record highs, Banduria's poor and working-class majority is not feeling these gains. Far too many of our rural areas and towns witness decay and decline, as slums plague many of our urban areas, as gentrification disrupts our communities, as far too many - because just one is too many - of our citizens live on the streets, as too many die from a lack of adequate medical care.[/ul]
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