Robert Bei-yang

Robert Bei-yang (Chinese: 羅伯特·北洋), born Wang Xinde (王新德), also known as Wang Beiyang (王北洋), was a Tsengian politician who served as the 5th President of Tseng from June 9 to July 24, 1965.

Bei-yang's presidency was marked by huge civil disobedience, protests, and his faliure in implementing his policies, called Donghuaism, onto the Tsengians. He agreed to an election on July 24, 1965 (coincidentally Election Day in Tseng), and lost in a huge landslide by Paul Zhang.

Early life and education
Bei-yang was born Wang Xinde in 1916 in Chartres (modern Zhugang), French Talasides, the second of seven children. His parents owned a grocery store, and the Wang family all worked there.

Bei-yang had good marks in school (he was named Robert Wang) and went to Japan to study law and politics, where he studied Marx and Lenin, and was inspired. At the age of 20, he changed his name to Wang Bei-yang, after the.

Early political career
Bei-yang removed his last name (Wang) and replaced it with his European name, Robert, when he went back to Tseng in 1938. Bei-yang was against imperialism and pro-Tseng; he allied himself with people like Antonio Tzeng and Pierre Huang-li (although Bei-yang was getting increasing left-wing).

Bei-yang was a member of the Socialist Party of Tseng from 1946 to 1948, and its reincarnation (TSP) from 1948 to 1958.

Donghuaist influence
After Bill 643 prohibited far-left parties, Bei-yang left the TSP and began to read political books. One of those books was The Common People by Zhao Donghua. Bei-yang decided to create a political party promoting Donghuaism. Since Donghuaism was a form of anarcho-communism, it was illegal in Tseng, so Bei-yang registered his party as the "Beiyangist Party" and placed the fake party on the centre-right of the political spectrum.

Donghuaism started to attract followers. Since very few people heard of this ideology, and Bei-yang was the speaker, they started calling Donghuaism, "Beiyangism". After a police raid on one of their meetings in November 1961, Bei-yang moved the party headquarters to, , where the Donghuaists lived in apartments and all shared. In 1963, with Frederik Bao's rule and the legalization of far-left parties, Bei-yang and his supporters moved back to Tseng City.

Coup d'etat and presidency (1965)
Robert Bei-yang disposed of Frederik Bao in a coup d'etat on June 9, 1965. Initially the Tsengians greeted Bei-yang warmly, but then descended into hatred after Bei-yang tried to "reform" the country using Donghuaist methods, like forcing whole families into a -esque style village, where there was no privacy and no individualism. People's occupations were picked by the government, instead of by themselves.

The moves sparked outrage, even more than Frederik Bao, and Bei-yang's response was terrible, which involved giving police full power in shooting anyone who disagreed with him.

Election
Eventually Bei-yang agreed to an election after receiving a call that his wife and children were held hostage. He lost, in one of the biggest landslides in Tsengian history.

Death
The next day, Bei-yang went out for groceries. While driving, two cars driven by members of the New Order cornered him, and a sniper in one of the cars shot Bei-yang, killing him instantly. Due to Bei-yang being hated by almost all Tsengians, his death was greeted with celebration.