Tsengian military junta

From November 11, 1968, to December 20, 1968, the Tseng Republic was ruled by a far-right military dictatorship. During these 40 days, democracy was stopped and political opponents, specifically liberals, were killed. The coup was supported by the and other anti-communist countries.

The junta was headed by Tseng Armed Forces Colonels Phillippe Yong-weng and Dominic Jiang, and General Han Cheng-weng. They came to power on November 11, 1968, now known as the Coup d'etat of 11/11.

The military dictatorship was heavily disliked and mass rioting, protests, and demonstrations ensued. All members of the political spectrum somehow forgot the conflict the years before and united to stop the junta. At 8:43am on December 2, 1968, a group of people now known as the Twenty-Four Liberators, lead by Stephen Yang, flew the Tsengian flag on the Presidential House, National State Assembly and the State Court, ending the junta and the Dazhuo Era.

November 24 is Jingfeng Memorial Day commemorating the victims of the Jingfeng Massacre. The US apologized for supporting the dictatorship in 1992.

Dictatorship
Han Cheng-weng declared himself president for life on November 13 and ordered the dissolution of all left-wing parties. Many people were outraged, and rioting ensued. Han's attempts to stop the riots (which involved killing of those rioters) only made the situation worse.

Propaganda
The justification of the military rule was that "Tseng was being destroyed by communists" (Han) when the last few months of the Dazhuo were almost all right-wing violence. Dominic Jiang said that the right-wing violence was secretly leftists in disguise. Another element of the dictatorship was Sinophobia. In the 40-day period of the junta, Han called the Chinese "可悲的老鼠" (deplorable rats) 79 times in interviews. There were daily burnings of the Chinese flags and Mao's portraits. Chinese Tsengians were treated as diseased animals who needed to be eradicated (even many Chinese Tsengians were second-generation).

Patriotic and nationalist Tsengian songs were broadcast over the airwaves almost constantly. The TBS broadcast outright lies (such as all Chinese ate dogs).

Freedom of the press was restricted. The only newspaper allowed was the Tseng City Times, which was severely restricted.

There was many torturing done during the 40 days in makeshift prisons all across Tseng. Methods of torture were water-boarding, force-feeding, white room torture, etc.

End of the junta
Seeing the severe public opposition to the junta and not wanting a civil war in Tseng, the leaders of the junta decided to resign. Phillippe Yong-weng resigned on December 6. Jiang resigned on December 17. After the announcement of Jiang's resignation, Han was angered and shot and killed Jiang. Finally, on December 20, 1968, a huge protest/riot took place in Guoqing Square in Tseng City. The Twenty-Four Liberators of the United Front arrived and flew the Tsengian flag (which had been mistakenly been painted a lighter blue than the 1946-1968 flag) on the government buildings, and Han was arrested and taken into custody.