Xi'an

西安市 Xi'an
Photograph of Xi'an
Details
Population	9.39M
State GDP	$0.50
GDP/C	$53
Culture	Zhongyuan

In-Game Description

Coming into the 20th century, Xi'an showed itself to be a hotbed for revolution. After the incredibly bloody capture of the Manchu fort by revolutionary forces in Xi'an during the 1911 Xinhai Revolution, Xi'an remained firmly in control of revolutionary forces for the whole of the interwar period. In 1936, with war with the Japanese on the horizon, the Chinese Civil War officially came to an end with the Xi'an incident seeing the formation of the Second United Front, with the Communists and Nationalists uniting against Japan. In the early stages of the Second Sino-Japanese War, Xi'an saw heavy bombardment as Japan faced fierce resistance in the mountains of Shaanxi and Shanxi by the Communist Eighth Route Army. While Chinese pilots under the Nationalist 5th Pursuit Group were able to deter the Japanese for a while, Japanese forces were eventually able to break Chinese resistance in the Taihang and Qinling mountains.\n\nWith both Shanxi and Shaanxi being handed over to the control of warlord Yan Xishan and later Fu Zuoyi, Xi'an now sits in a border region of the new RGOC. While far away from Nanjing and the central government, Xi'an remains a powerhouse in North China.