No, the other game called The New Order where the Nazis won

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alex314: Nov 22, 2007

A, even though second option sounds tempting.

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Moon Slayer: Jun 19, 2007

I know a series of votes isn't exactly the most exciting, but we're coming to the end of them. In fact, there's just one left; what should we do about the new wave of migrants?

Choose one:

1:

In addition, keep voting on the issues from the previous update!

Choose one:

A:

# ? Aug 25, 2023 02:16

alex314: Nov 22, 2007

A5, what can go wrong?

# ? Aug 25, 2023 10:49

wedgekree: Feb 20, 2013

Voting for A5

Japan is having it's own issues. The chinese market is emerging. This allows us to impress the market, and thus get a share early on. Japan has it's own internal things going on - I point to them being extricated from the Phillipines, issues iwth the US, all the revolts and such going around.

We can extract ourselves without too much issue, and this opens up the market in China for us down hte road.

And Stan is the man.

# ? Aug 25, 2023 22:54

ChaseSP: Mar 25, 2013

# ? Aug 26, 2023 03:06

paragon1: Nov 22, 2010; FULL COMMUNISM NOW

A5 I sadly think we don't quite have the LegCo seats for 1.

# ? Aug 26, 2023 05:12

Moon Slayer: Jun 19, 2007

paragon1 posted:

A5 I sadly think we don't quite have the LegCo seats for 1.

We definitely do not.

# ? Aug 26, 2023 16:40

Kurgarra Queen: Jun 11, 2008; GIVE ME MORE
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Moon Slayer posted:

We definitely do not.

That's what I thought. Plus, it's probably not the safest time to be pissing off Matsuhita.

I'm going to go B3 here.

# ? Aug 26, 2023 16:53

Tankbuster: Oct 1, 2021

# ? Aug 27, 2023 04:22

Moon Slayer: Jun 19, 2007

Chapter 32: June - October 1971

In some ways, the Oil Crisis is just like the Yasuda Crisis before it. In others, it is very, very different.

quote:

The Displaced Family

Lee Wai tried not to fidget as she and Hei waited for the police officers to wave them through the checkpoint. She stood on her toes, still a hair too short to see the head of the line beyond the intermingled overalls and pressed shirts in front of her.

"There's twenty people ahead," Hei said, audibly bored. "It won't get any shorter."

"We're going to be late." Wai shot her brother a disapproving frown - she had grown closer to him in height recently, even if she hadn't adopted his cynicism. "We have exams soon. We show up late, and they lock us out all day."

"There's been four checkpoints today," Hei replied, exasperated. "We aren't the only ones late. And they're letting most people through."

Even so, Hei and Wai instinctively averted their gaze as an officer walked past, exchanging pleasantries in Cantonese and smiling at the others in the line. Both of them knew decent cops existed - more so now than the hellish night when they arrived in Kōshu years ago - but neither felt at ease when the police were out in force, teetering between protection and predation.

"Thief!" A whistle blared from around the corner, from the direction of the wet market. The officer's smile disappeared as he dashed towards the raised alarm, with several other men trailing behind. No doubt, they were chasing some street urchin, their poor circumstances betrayed by a tattered, greasy shirt and torn pants.

Hei and Wai exchanged a glance - Hei in a frayed buttoned shirt, Wai in a secondhand uniform blouse - and remembered that they too had been so unfortunate, not so long ago.

And then, suddenly, things become personal.

What kind of monster wouldn�t devote every resource available to find the family of loyal Ka-shing?

Li has his own resources, and nobody is going to begrudge him using them.

quote:

World News
IRANIAN REVOLUTIONARY ALLIANCE COLLAPSES

August 4, 1971
Tehran, Iran

The Iranian Revolutionary Army - an ad hoc alliance of factions that rose up in the wake of the Shah�s assassination - has collapsed in the face of overwhelming internal pressure. Although the specific inciting incident is unknown, hostilities have erupted across the country between forces previously focused solely on the German-backed government in Tehran.

Socialist revolutionaries have based themselves in the western mountains and have begun trading fire with radical islamists who have attracted strong support from across the Middle East. Democratic activists have managed to establish something resembling a functional government in the south, but are experiencing widespread desertions as they struggle to mount an offensive. To complicate matters even more, monarchist holdouts persist in isolated pockets, supporting various pretenders to the throne.

Just when it seemed Tehran had its back to the wall, the unofficial cease-fire between their assorted enemies collapses.

If you had said, even just a few years ago, that Guangdong would be facing a refugee crisis of citizens going across the border into China, you would have been laughed out of the room. How quickly things change.

And on top of losing the skilled workers we have spent so much time building up and cultivating, Japan is not sending us their best. They will receive all the special dispensation that they are due: none.

quote:

World News
SECOND NIGHT OF THE LONG KNIVES

September 15, 1971
Germania, Germany

Scattered reports from the capital of the Reich, sent by news agencies before the telefaxes suddenly went silent, indicate that Reinhard Gehlen�s Ordnungspolizei has been mobilized for a massive series of raids and arrests across Germany, with a mandate from F�hrer Martin Bormann to crush all elements of dissent within the Reich. Megacorporations, Christian institutions, insufficiently loyal Heer factions, and Party bureaucrats alike are being swept up in the largest political and social purge in recent German history.

Nazis gonna Nazi.

Back home a disturbing pattern emerges. Are the Manchurians really so foolish as to take another crack at us?

quote:

The Good Cop and The Modern Princess

"Don't talk to me about that graffiti," Lam groaned at his desk, with Yoshiko sitting opposite him, notepad in hand. "I'd like to think about something other than the Committee of Chinese Labor."

"Too bad. It's all anyone in the Japanese social clubs can talk about, except you and I can actually understand what it says." Yoshiko said, undeterred by Lam's fatigued protests. "�Chinese solidarity and resistance.� �Awaken, for dignity and for freedom-.�"

"I know the slogans!" Lam's frustrations erupted at the ceiling, sparing Yoshiko. "There's more every week, in every district, and we can only catch the street punks painting the drat things on the walls."

The two sat silently, the air conditioning whirring in the window beside them. The police station had been expanded since they'd met years ago, with all the resources the government had poured into the police. Just like they had in almost every other part of life in Guangdong, from the new schools in the cities to the rural electrification program in the countryside.

"People aren't going to wait for more promises from the Chief Executive," Lam sighed. "Not after a second economic crisis."

Yoshiko looked at her feet, unable to deny Lam's statement. "The Chief Executive's earned a lot of goodwill from the last few years �"

"Sure, from you and me and a whole lot of other people. But for the man who just lost his job? Again?" Lam asked bitterly. "They feel betrayed. And after China stood up to Long Yun, they're clinging to the hope that China can save them. Even when they barely understand Putonghua. So be careful. Desperate people are dangerous people."

quote:

The Displaced Family

A plenary meeting of the senior membership of the Guangdong Federation of Tradesmen had just ended, and Lee Chun took a swig from a cheap bottle of beer as he slumped into his chair. By the Heavens, how exhausting these meetings were�and that was on a good day, which this hadn't been. No, the recent explosion in GFT membership had required a marathon meeting; the stack of minute-papers was several inches thick.

By and large the most recent additions to the GFT, to a man small businessmen and representatives of so-called "workers' concerns" (read: underground unions), were from Fujitsu and Hitachi, and to a far lesser extent from Matsushita. Those three companies�but especially Ibuka and Komai's outfits�were far less receptive to Chief Executive Morita's overtures and therefore most willing to wield the hiring ax.

The effects of this attitude were many and negative, and the GFT was forced to bear the burden. Wealthier and Sony/CK-aligned members of the Federation were being stretched thin trying to provide whatever support they could, and the amounts they could provide per individual were declining as the rate of membership growth far outstripped their resources. Worse yet, lobbying the Government to do something about Hitachi and Fujitsu's conduct just wasn't working.

Something had to be done, surely. Fujitsu and especially Hitachi had to be taken in hand, if not outright broken. "But we're at a loss," Chun thought. "How the gently caress are we going to do that without getting us all arrested?"

Staring outside, Chun saw a slogan known to be used by the secretive Committee of Chinese Labor painted on a wall. "That's another issue�those CCL people, whatever their game is, are getting stronger."

Lee Chun sighed. "What the hell are we supposed to do?"

I�m afraid that all of our protagonists are struggling. How much more can the people of Guangdong take?

A breakthrough!

quote:

The Good Cop

The �Cantonese� dissident owner of a �transport company� being dragged to an interrogation chamber by Lam Haau-cyun and his colleague Lieutenant Souma � or Seung-ma as he was increasingly wont to call himself � was not anyone's idea of a competent criminal.

The raid had come just as the office opened, with the �transport company�s� man somehow none the wiser to the police presence bearing down upon him. He noticed about thirty seconds before Lam started to shout that he was to come out with his hands up; at that point, rather than complying, he�d tried to flush papers down the toilet, but was stopped before he could even drop more than one sheet in.

Then, as if that wasn't enough, the �company�s� �owner� wasn't even able to keep his story straight. He swore up and down that he was Chinese and angry about government policy; this would've been credible if he hadn't been speaking in a Northern accent that immediately gave him away as a foreigner. Lam clued into that just as Seung-ma came in with a sheaf of documents making clear that the �Cantonese� anti-government actor's origins.

Ten minutes later, Lam was calling up and down the chain of command for answers, not even sparing Commissioner Daai-sam himself. Said commissioner had just picked up the phone when the suspect managed to make himself look stupider still. "I'm a Manchurian national," he shouted. "I deserve proper treatment!"

At that Lam and Seung-ma looked at each other and successfully repressed the urge to laugh in contempt. Hauling him away roughly for interrogation, Lam stated the obvious: "We're not paid to treat you nicely. Idiot.�

Those fuckers in Manchuria really did it. They really kidnapped Li�s family and tried to pin it on anti-government factions in Guangdong.

Let�s get them back.

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paragon1: Nov 22, 2010; FULL COMMUNISM NOW

Oh those absolute fuckers.

# ? Aug 31, 2023 04:33

wedgekree: Feb 20, 2013

Wow.

# ? Aug 31, 2023 04:49

Bloody Pom: Jun 5, 2011

Komai might want to stay away from any open windows for the foreseeable future.

# ? Aug 31, 2023 04:56

Moon Slayer: Jun 19, 2007

Chapter 33: Four Days in October

quote:

The Good Cop

As the assault squad took Li's family away for medical treatment, the follow-on personnel � including Lam Haau-cyun � took control of the scene.

A cordon was erected around the building, with regular patrolmen keeping curious passerby at bay with drawn pistols against the backdrop of an armored car left behind to provide perimeter security. Behind them, the cleaners and the investigators combed through the building, grabbing documents and snapping photos before removing the stains and viscera that coated the walls.

Senior investigators, forensic specialists, and in-house accountants worked through the rest of the week to piece together a coherent picture from the bags of recovered evidence.

Instructions to use local hitmen for a job; emphasis on local. The Manchurian captured only weeks earlier. Transcripts of the various threats made against Li, with notes on how best to put more pressure on him, to make a show of the Chinese in Guangdong turning against him.

Even if the culprits weren't so careless as to leave any smoking gun behind, there was more than enough circumstantial evidence to show the trail led out of Guangdong itself.

And when it came to motive and the means, Hsinking � and Hitachi � looked increasingly guilty.

# ? Sep 2, 2023 17:22

Arcanuse: Mar 15, 2019

# ? Sep 2, 2023 18:52

paragon1: Nov 22, 2010; FULL COMMUNISM NOW

Whelp.

Pretty sure the only way we could hope to avoid this was to build a majority in the LegCo and then pass the corporate accountability ordinance, if it was possible at all.

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Tankbuster: Oct 1, 2021

its over...

# ? Sep 7, 2023 03:13

NewMars: Mar 10, 2013

paragon1 posted:

Whelp.

Pretty sure the only way we could hope to avoid this was to build a majority in the LegCo and then pass the corporate accountability ordinance, if it was possible at all.

The riots are never possible to avoid. That being said, there are better and worse scenarios for how they start...

# ? Sep 7, 2023 03:40

Moon Slayer: Jun 19, 2007

Chapter 34: October - November, 1971

quote:

Word News
RIOTS BREAK OUT IN GUANGDONG

Kōshu, State of Guangdong
October 10, 1971

The Oil Crisis continues to destabilize global stability, claiming as its most recent victim the corprotocratic State of Guangdong in southern China.

In the aftermath of massive economic turmoil, the anger that has long been building up in the ethnically segregated society has finally exploded into violent anti-Japanese and anti-corporate protests. A state of emergency has been declared and the police force deployed en masse, but so far this has not prevented a near-total breakdown of order in many regions.

The office of Chief Executive Akio Morita has released a statement indicating the government�s intent to maintain order. What form this will take, and how successful it will be, is not clear.

quote:

The Displaced Family
The feeling of Lee Chun's heavy boots and worn-down jacket felt strange without his tools, the belts of webbing and metal instruments that were vital on the job. But, he supposed, he wasn't on the job now. None of them were.

"Brother," Chun turned to Wai, who gazed at him expectantly. "You aren't going to work." It wasn't a question. There was only one place to go if you weren't heading to work.

He nodded. "Keep Hei safe, Wai. It will be okay. I'll be fine."

Wai nodded, not quite believing his words, not quite ready to object. Chun felt his heart pang. She'd had to grow up so fast. "Stay safe, big brother."

"I will, Wai. I will."

The Kōshu sun beat upon them mercilessly, the banner of the Guangdong Federation of Tradesmen carried high in the streets. The workers and laborers of the city marched defiantly behind; tradesmen and craftsmen, steelworkers, and longshoremen teamsters and shopkeepers. Signs and placards waved defiantly, slogans and profanity yelled in equal measure, boomed through megaphones or carried by the crowd.

Standing at the center of the teeming mass of humanity, Chun felt proud, proud of his adoptive home, of his adoptive city. Whether Zhujin or Chinese, factory worker or shopkeeper, even a few bureaucrats broke past the police cordon to join the march as they moved past the government quarters.

Kōshu would not forget the Hitachi massacre. Chun could only hope the administrators and officials watching from their tinted windows and behind the black-clothed police cordons wouldn't either.

Ironically, the Three Pearls themselves are relatively orderly; it�s when you get out of the metropole that things get much more dicey.

This is, for all intents and purposes, the endgame crisis for Guangdong. We have two major groups organizing the protests. The Guangdong Federation of Tradesman, as you can see above, is slightly more moderate than their counterparts in the Committee of Chinese Labor.

The third bar from the top represents the level of panic and despair among the Legislative Council and government administration of Guangdong. More on that later.

Now, the line about Japanese frustrations is what we really need to be worried about.

If General Nagano�s pack of thugs and butchers is unleashed � Guangdong is finished.

quote:

The Good Cop

Lam quietly observed the protest march from his post, the disparate masses of the city marching past. He checked the time: half-past six, still sometime before nightfall. Nodding at his replacement, some poor fresh-faced cadet, he headed back down, ducking to avoid the relentless midday sun.

"Lam!"

He turned to the noise. "Ms. Yasukawa," he glanced at the police cordon, "you shouldn't be here."

"I'm here for a story, Officer," Yoshiko replied evenly.

"Not now, Yoshiko," Lam stated firmly, "It's not safe out here. You need to stay off the streets."

Yoshiko glanced at the protest march, the seemingly unending stream of Guangdong's underclass. "Things seem perfectly fine out here."

"Yeah, but things change after dark. When the radicals come out." He glanced at the clock once more, "Now come on. We can't leave you out here."

Three hours later, he checked the clock as he grabbed his helmet and ballistic goggles, glancing at the corkboard. His fellow officers lay sprawled against seemingly every chair and flat surface, sleeping in restless fits, sustained on coffee, stomach acid, and whatever sustenance the mess was serving tonight.

Both the Committee and Federation would be out tonight, the meaner, leaner breed that had no hesitation when going toe to toe with the local police. As he reminded himself, these weren't the daylight protestors and organizers, the ones who elicited sympathy amongst even the most hardened officers.

No, they all knew what was at stake. All of them could see the blinking lights of the IJA's garrison settled into the old British Army barracks, all had heard the horror stories from Manchuria and Malaysia.

Lam heard the whistle blow, the call for reinforcements. His shift. And so into the night they went.

There are two different approaches we can take to the riots. I considered a vote for all of a second but I think that given what we have been doing up until now the intention is clear. Ironically, we�re starting in a pretty good position; radicalism is relatively low, the people know that we�re not necessarily their enemy, and in fact are probably as close to on their side as we possibly can be.

But the lines have to be drawn somewhere, and the most radical protestors can�t be given a free hand to just burn down everything we have accomplished.

With the stick clearly brandished, the carrot can be offered.

quote:

The Struggling Founder

Yamauchi Hiroshi leaned nervously on the metal railings of a perch atop the Nintendo factory, gazing upon the workers at their stations crafting and assembling Nintendo products. "There used to be more here..." He thought to himself, counting the number of workers on the ground and glancing at the full list of employees in the clipboard he held in his hands. The symphony of the machinery that once amazed him was nothing but a quiet whimper, as the sound of thick paper sheets being cut into cards barely even reached him anymore. The men, women, Chinese and Japanese that once worked so harmoniously with each other were no longer there, their workstations collecting dust.

Yamauchi sighed as a modest man clad in blue different from the white most workers wore approached him, the sound of his boots on the metal railing drowning out the already soft hum of machinery. "Good morning, Mr. Yamauchi." The man greeted him, extending his hand.

"Ah, you must be the supervisor." Yamauchi replied, shaking his hand. "Where have all the workers gone? There's barely even a skeleton crew here, we're not even meeting the minimum daily output anymore." Yamauchi pointed to the noticeably factory floor below them.

"Well, I don't really know either, sir." The supervisor solemnly nodded. "One day, it was one worker out. The next, it was five. By the end of the week, half of the staff just stopped showing up. I've tried to prod around and see what happened, but no one wants to tell me anything." He scoffed nervously, taking off his hardhat.

Yamauchi quickly ran through the lists on his clipboard to see how many union affiliated employees were gone. The union, they must be behind this. God, they can never be satisfied, he thought to himself. "The union. Have you checked with them? Are they striking?" Yamauchi snapped, putting down the clipboard.

"Well... like I said sir, no one wants to tell me anything. But I don't think this is a union thing. If it was they would have left all at the same time and made demands already. Something bigger is brewing." The supervisor replied, glancing at the floor below them.

And now, it�s time for our biggest gamble.

quote:

The Good Cop

Lam Haau-cyun, dressed as he increasingly was these days in plainclothes, quietly approached a member of a GFT protest march � a man that Sony intelligence had conclusively identified as an organizer: one Lee Chun by name. Tapping him on the shoulder and waiting for him to recover from his surprise, Lam took Lee aside to a less-visible spot and handed him a message.

Lee read the message, and his eyes widened.

DIRECTIVE OF GUANGDONG POLICE FORCE

NOT FOR PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

GUANGDONG FEDERATION OF TRADESMEN LEADERSHIP ARE TO BE OFFERED THE FOLLOWING AGREEMENT: LIMITED ENFORCEMENT AND LIGHT POLICING ON PROTEST MARCHES OF THE GFT IN GUANGDONG, PROVIDING THAT GFT LEADERSHIP ENSURES THAT ITS MEMBERS CLEAR OUT WITH DUE RAPIDITY WHEN AND IF PROTESTORS FROM THE SUBVERSIVE GROUP "COMMITTEE OF CHINESE LABOR" APPEAR ON SCENE

Lee wheeled on Lam. "And how the hell did you manage to get hold of this information then?" The incognito policeman merely shrugged.

"There seem to be sympathizers in the police force, so far as I can tell."\n\nLee's eyes widened, and a look of understanding came over him.

"I-I see. Thank you." Quickly moving away, he began to shout orders to the other protestors.

Lam on the other hand moved on with his day, wrestling with a faint memory � had he seen this Lee character someplace before, in 1962?

It isn�t long before the tentative outreach bears fruit.

And now the real work can begin.

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paragon1: Nov 22, 2010; FULL COMMUNISM NOW

The die is cast.

# ? Sep 13, 2023 05:31

alex314: Nov 22, 2007

Yes, that's what I'm here for! I know close to nothing about TNO, I've tried to play it once but it wasn't my cup of tea. Reading LPs is fun though.

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ChaseSP: Mar 25, 2013

Well this looks to be a promising start at the least, bad bars are pretty low and good bars are high up. Let's see how quickly that changes.

# ? Sep 13, 2023 15:12

wedgekree: Feb 20, 2013

Well, it's a start. We're staring at one another but it's not over the sides of the abyss.

# ? Sep 14, 2023 04:23

Ms Adequate: Oct 30, 2011; Baby even when I'm dead and gone
You will always be my only one, my only one
When the night is calling
No matter who I become
You will always be my only one, my only one, my only one
When the night is calling

Just binged this LP and I have to say it's a good one. I haven't played TNO since before the Guangdong update so it's cool to see the content!

Does Guangdong have any special events or anything if Long Yun wins?

# ? Sep 21, 2023 21:32

Moon Slayer: Jun 19, 2007

That's a good question! If nobody else answers I'll take a look at the localization files when I get off work tonight.

Realistically we are 2, maybe 3 updates from the end of the LP. Unfortunately Baldur's Gate 3 and the 2.0 patch for Cyberpunk 2077 hit right as I was starting to feel a little burnt out but we will get to the end of the Guangdong story soon! In the meantime, here's a neat comic I found on Reddit about Yoshiko and Lam's early days on the beat:

(although the event chain pointed out a few times that Yoshiko ditched the kimono for "western" attire when she started working for the magazine)

# ? Sep 21, 2023 21:43

wedgekree: Feb 20, 2013

Been a great ride so far! Looking forwards to the rest of it - and then your next LP, whatever it is

# ? Sep 21, 2023 23:21

NewMars: Mar 10, 2013

Hey, on a note: They just announced the next update release date! It's the 29th and will cover Ukraine content, the UK rework and the Japan Facelift.

# ? Sep 22, 2023 01:10

Moon Slayer: Jun 19, 2007

Chapter 35: December 1971

Negotiations quickly begin between the government and the Guangdong Federation of Tradesmen.

There are ten different proposals we can make, each more radical than the last and each including and building upon the previous ones. The more radical the final document, the less likely it is to get past the legislative chamber.

There are two factors at play here: rioter radicalism and government panic. The higher the radicalism, the more the rioters will demand; but the higher the panic, the more the Legislative Council will be willing to give up. People who think they are about to lose their heads are more willing to compromise, after all.

For this deal, we propose five actions:

Apologize - The first step in changing course is acknowledging fault; if not the Chief Executives, then at least Hitachi�s.
Individual Accountability - It is far too late for an apology to suffice, much as the hardliners in the Legislative Council think otherwise. What is the freedom of a few men before the welfare of the many?
Restitution - Penance is two things: to acknowledge sin, and to make amends. We have the money to spare.
Retraining and Social Welfare - If we are to stop another conflagration from consuming Guangdong in the future, we must make investments in its people today, ranging from offering new training to the civil service and expansion of disability pay and educational allowances.
State Ombudsman - If the people no longer trust the government to act in their interest, then we will offer them an ombudsman to act as an observer. But we must demand that our perspective be considered.

While the proposal is being crafted and considered on both sides, some of the measures we first introduced as a means to appease the protesters begin to take effect.

We have a breakthrough in the talks! The GFT has accepted our proposal. Now we just need to get it passed by the LegCo. Fortunately �

� there are enough of our legislators that are sympathetic to the protestor�s cause; and the ones that aren�t are worried enough about their own skin to go along with it.

quote:

The Displaced Family

A voice boomed out through public announcement loudspeakers, televisions, and radios; through their television screen Lee Chun and his fellow GFT headmen peered at its owner, Li Ka-shing, with a certain mixture of interest and concern.

"Citizens of Guangdong! In recent months, it is known that the situation of our State has played out in a manner not to our advantage. Deeply concerning incidents with corporations acting contrary to the welfare of the corporate and popular bodies of this state have exposed areas in which our state can be improved."

"Well, what the hell's that mean?" Someone shouted in the room. Li, as if hearing somebody shout that at him in the broadcast studio, obligingly answered, and the curiosity of all in the room was piqued as they compared Li's words to the platform of the GFT.

"Reforms to labor and language will now be unilaterally pursued by the State Government. New rules on worker safety, on expanded inspection and regulatory powers, and consultations with leading business and citizen groups will form part of this reform program. It is my expectation that you will all cooperate with�" At that point, the room broke out in debate.

Chun watched as some argued that they needed to continue until the government openly committed to working with them rather than just looking like benevolent overlords. But the shouts of argument that ensued were muted compared to before; for some, Chun knew, this was all they needed to move on. Stepping out for a cigarette, he heard the CCL rising in riot once again down the street.

Sighing, he muttered, "I guess certain other people won't be satisfied either," and took another draw from the cigarette.

# ? Sep 27, 2023 04:04

wedgekree: Feb 20, 2013

Interesting! Looking forwards to the discussion. Will vote based upon the commentary and thoughts of the Goonthink

# ? Sep 27, 2023 22:36

paragon1: Nov 22, 2010; FULL COMMUNISM NOW

Does Japanese concerns go up and down or is it more of a timer?

# ? Sep 28, 2023 13:34

Moon Slayer: Jun 19, 2007

paragon1 posted:

Does Japanese concerns go up and down or is it more of a timer?

It ticks up at regular intervals, but there are events, focuses, and decisions that can all affect it, both positively and negatively. Same for all of the metrics, really.

Ms Adequate posted:

Does Guangdong have any special events or anything if Long Yun wins?

Looking through the files it looks like yes, not only are there special events but you end up fighting them! There's mention of the PTRG being reformed for the war, and Officer Lam and other cops being sent to patrol the border.

# ? Sep 28, 2023 16:26

Moon Slayer: Jun 19, 2007

Double post but TNO is getting a content update today so now's as good a time as any to jump in if this LP piqued your curiosity in any way, shape, or form.

I have recorded the entirety of Guangdong's run, so there's no worry about broken saves, I just need to get around to editing and writing.

# ? Sep 29, 2023 19:09

HannibalBarca: Sep 11, 2016; History shows, again and again, how nature points out the folly of man.

Hope the Japan facelift fixes some loose ends. Had to use console commands to get through the reform bureaucrats tree last time I played.

# ? Sep 29, 2023 20:07

Ms Adequate: Oct 30, 2011; Baby even when I'm dead and gone
You will always be my only one, my only one
When the night is calling
No matter who I become
You will always be my only one, my only one, my only one
When the night is calling

Moon Slayer posted:

Looking through the files it looks like yes, not only are there special events but you end up fighting them! There's mention of the PTRG being reformed for the war, and Officer Lam and other cops being sent to patrol the border.

Neat! Thank you for answering

Also I forgot the update was today. I might have to find time to take a look...

# ? Oct 1, 2023 18:31

Moon Slayer: Jun 19, 2007

Chapter 36: January - February, 1972

The Guangdong Federation of Tradesman have endorsed our deal and called off their labor action. Unfortunately, that was the easy part.

The Committee of Chinese Labor has absorbed the radicals from the GFT who didn�t want to accept the deal, lurching further into extremism. And we are unfortunately victims of our own success, as the Legislative Council has not yet figured out that the Riots are not, in fact, over. Basking in the glow of their success with the GFT, they will be loath to have to similarly deal with the CCL.

The IJA garrison, on the other hand, are disturbingly eager to point out that the Riots are, in fact, ongoing.

We�ll just have to show the LegCo that they�ll have to deal with the CCL sooner rather than later.

Unfortunately, all the backchannel negotiation and nodding and winking going on does little to keep the people on the streets safe.

And it�s a dangerous game we�re playing, not just with the lives of the police and protestors �

� but with the existence of Guangdong itself.

quote:

World News
MONARCHY PREVAILS IN IRAN

February 1, 1972
Tehran, Iran

In a transmission broadcast across the Middle East from the Sa�dabad Complex, an Iranian monarchy spokesman announced that the government has defeated all insurgency forces that had risen up against the Pahlavi monarchy and the Iranian state. Loyalist forces have already reportedly begun a purge in seditionist strongholds as Iranian nationalists hail the elimination of �traitors to the Iranian nation and people.�

Germany, which deployed military advisors to Tehran at the onset of hostilities, has issued a statement congratulating the royalists and advocating for �a productive relationship with our Aryan allies in the Middle East.� Meanwhile, the OFN has publicly condemned the regime.

With that, the last major conflict of the Oil Crises comes to an end. Establishment victories in Iran, Yemen, and Egypt and pan-Arabist victories in Oman and Sudan did not so much remake the Middle East as it reshuffled it. However, following a punitive expedition that toppled the Saudi monarchy the real winners of the Oil Crisis are undoubtedly the Italians. And so it is a surprise but not a shock, when �

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World News
ITALY ACQUIRES NUCLEAR WEAPONS

February 8, 1972
Rome, Italy

The Italian government announced earlier today that they had successfully tested an atomic bomb earlier this week in the Sahara Desert. The announcement has led to shock worldwide as most analysts believed the Italiens to be nowhere near acquiring atomic weaponry.

The ascension of Italy to a nuclear state is something that will drastically impact foreign relations with the rest of the world. Italy�s former allies in the Triumvirate must now treat their former friend carefully, and America and Japan will now most likely treat the Italians as an equal. However, when it comes to the German Reich, the two European powers have always had a cold relationship, and with this news the German-Italian relationship is certain to become even more tense.

Back home, negotiations with the CCL have finally panned out, and they present us an offer; everything we gave to the GFT with the addition of an independent oversight group. Eager to get this whole thing over with, the Chief Executive rushes the proposal to the Legislative Council.

Oh.

Oh no.

Even bribery can�t save us this time.

Put simply, the government wasn�t desperate enough, and the CCL and Chief Executive overreached. But now Guangdong will have to deal with the consequences.

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The Struggling Founder

Outside there were riots. Bomb-throwing, Zhdanov cocktails, slogans shouted back and forth, beatings and all the rest � sheer madness, but still at least marginally restrained compared to what could have been. But the broader situation did not really matter to Yamauchi Hiroshi; he had more urgent concerns.

His mainly-Chinese factory workers had joined up with the Committee of Chinese Labor. Work had stopped. Utterly.

Yamauchi had only one idea to rectify the situation: arranging a meeting with some of the local leaders of the CCL. His hope was, if not to get things working again, at least to tamp the riots down. Expecting a rebuff, he was surprised to hear back from them with an offer to meet.

The meeting occurred in an impromptu conference room set up within a Nintendo factory. The Nintendo president attempted to cede certain workplace concessions in exchange for the resumption of work. In response he got only a stone wall: the CCL men, although appreciative that Yamauchi was understanding and cordial in his approach, refused to do such a thing. Yet they were not nearly as hostile as they might have been if they were hellbent on not talking at all.

Unable to settle on a final deal, Yamauchi walked out. Yet there was still hope; he had, after all, laid suitable grounds for further negotiations.

From there, it could only be up.

Well at least someone is making progress.

But then, a breakthrough! The failure of the deal and subsequent reigniting of the worst aspects of the turmoil finally penetrate the thick skulls in the LegCo. They start to realize that the CCL actually isn�t just going to go away. And, as herd animals tend to do, when some panic they all start to.

Seizing the moment, Morita reintroduces the same bill.

It promises to be a nailbiter, but we�ve been in this position before, not too long ago (though it feels like a lifetime for those involved), and we know how to deal with it: