Post by Li Xiao Chun on Feb 17, 2011 11:19:12 GMT -5
LI XIAO CHUN
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[/center]( WELL I WONDER )
which song they're gonna play when we go..
[/color][/center]which song they're gonna play when we go..
NAME • Carr
WHERE DID YOU FIND US • Helped make it
CONTACTS • pm is fine, anything ObliviousCarrot
OTHER CHARACTERS • idk yet
( I HOPE ITS SOMETHING )
quiet and minor and peaceful and slow..
[/color][/center]quiet and minor and peaceful and slow..
FULL NAME • Li Xiao Chun / Leon Kirkland
NATION • Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China
GENDER • Male
NICKNAMES • Leon, Li
AGE • 17
OCCUPATION • Cleaning
( WHEN WE FLOAT OUT )
into the ether, into the Everlasting Arms..
[/color][/center]into the ether, into the Everlasting Arms..
HAIR • Choppy, slightly messy dark brown, down to just past his jawline
EYES • Light brown
METAL AND INK • To the surprise of most, and the horror of China, he does have tattoo; but no one’s ever seen it nor does anyone know what it is.
HEIGHT AND WEIGHT • 5’7” // 144
DISTINGUISHING FEATURES • Those eyebrows
( I HOPE WE DON'T )
hear Marley's chains we forged in life..
[/color][/center]hear Marley's chains we forged in life..
LIKES • Firecrackers, Fireworks, Tea, Quietness, Doing what he wants, Pandas, Cats, Fashion, Cameras, Cute people, Nunchaku
DISLIKES • Being scolded, Being called a child, His eyebrows, Stupidity, Wankers, Westerners (Aside from England), Improper English, Annoying people, Being broke, Unfashionable clothes
STRENGTHS • Silence; it is golden.
Diversity; he’s one of those “good at everything” kind of types. Other than socializing
Obedience; for the most part
WEAKNESSES • Stubbornness; it often gets him into trouble
Possessiveness; ...also gets him in trouble.
His temper; ...again, trouble.
FEARS • The Dark ; Ceasing to exist
QUIRKS • Snapping random, unexpected photographs, His seemingly emotionless appearance
PERSONALITY • Li is a very quiet young man, who rarely speaks to anyone unless he absolutely has to and then; only in a monotone. Or full of mockery and sarcasm. The only people he ever speaks to with anything but, are England and China, though even they gets a verbal barbing from time to time. Even with them, though, his voice and face still rarely gain any obvious hints of emotion. And his voice hardly ever raises above a set ‘soft, indoor-voice’ volume that he always uses.
He is almost always in control of his emotions, giving practically nothing away in terms of facial expressions and body language. When he refuses to react or answer to anything, people will sometimes assume that something is wrong with him, though that is hardly the case. He is very down to earth and thinks along the lines of ‘If its not something I enjoy, or something necessary for survival, it is not worth the time or effort’. While this may make him seem to be a bit self-centered, and he is, a little bit, he truly doesn’t think himself to be all that important in terms of the world. As in, if he’s here, he’s here. If he’s not, he’s not; the world will still be there with or without him. But concerning that; he also strongly believes that others, also, should not believe themselves to be so important to the world. He has extreme disdain for people who believe themselves to be 1. More valuable than someone else, and 2. That their existence or not, impacts the world in a major way.
Despite how he appears to be completely emotionless and calm on the out side, Li is actually very sensitive and very, very emotional.. He keeps his cool around everyone but his parental figures in non-extreme situations, and yet more often than not, he’s boiling just below the surface due to his rather short temper. Aside from that, he absolutely loves praise and being fawned over. And though he would never admit it, he’s rather scared of the dark.
Another odd , quirk of his is that despite his calm, usually serious disposition, he tends to do.. The most random things, rather, well, randomly. And he never offers any kind of explanation for them. He is quite peculiar and rather enjoys making other feel extremely uncomfortable; by just staring at them or invading their personal space regardless if he knows them or not. In spite of how this may make him appear rather rude... Well, he is. Even with all of this, though, he is surprisingly kind and thoughtful, even to complete strangers. When he feels they deserve it, that is.
Li is quite the fighter; both in capability and in spirit. He is trained in all methods and styles of Kung Fu, Wushu, Kuoshu and Ch’uan Fa; over 90 different styles in total. He’s especially skilled with the three-section staff, and nunchaku, though not being of a Chinese style, he has taken a liking to this particular weapon. Due to his stubbornness, he is not one to give up a fight so easily..Or at all. If the danger is imposed on himself or his ‘family’, he’ll not stop fighting until he is completely incapable of doing so. However.. If he is completely sure that no danger will come to the few he cares about, when he can sense it is his defeat, he will surrender before anymore damage can be done to his person. As they say; A dead man cannot fight another day.
To his parental figures’ great disappointment.. Li is quite a little pervert. In his free time, he’s often found drawing...explicit images of..well, anyone he so chooses to. Occasionally, he sells his work to the few souls more perverse than himself. In addition to drawing them, he also uses a camera as well.. Easily described as a peeping tom because of it. He’s rarely caught however, it is a bit risky to try and sell photographs, so he tends to just keep those in storage box for... future reference and use.
( CAUSE THE CHAINS )
I been hearing now for most of my life..
[/color][/center]I been hearing now for most of my life..
SIBLINGS • Kowloon, the others Asians
SIGNIFICANT OTHERS • China & England are very important; seen as parental figures
HISTORY • 1842 - China cedes Hong Kong island to Britain after the First Opium War. Over the decades, thousands of Chinese migrants fleeing domestic upheavals settle in the colony.
1898 - China leases the New Territories together with 235 islands to Britain for 99 years from 1 July.
1937 - With the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War, Hong Kong becomes a refuge for thousands of mainland Chinese fleeing before the advancing Japanese.
1941 - Japan occupies Hong Kong. Food shortages impel many residents to flee to mainland China. The population drops from 1.6m in 1941 to 650,000 by the end of the Second World War.
1946 - Britain re-establishes civil government. Hundreds of thousands of former residents return, to be joined over next few years by refugees fleeing the civil war between the Nationalists and the Communists in China.
1950s - Hong Kong enjoys economic revival based on light industries such as textiles.
1960s - Social discontent and labour disputes become rife among poorly-paid workforce.
1967 - Severe riots break out, mainly instigated by followers of China's Cultural Revolution.
Late 1960s - Living conditions improve and social unrest subsides.
1970s - Hong Kong is established as an "Asian Tiger" - one of the region's economic powerhouses - with a thriving economy based on high-technology industries.
Countdown to handover
Reflections on Hong Kong
BBC Politics: Hong Kong handover
1982 - Britain and China begin talks on the future of Hong Kong.
1984 - Britain and China sign Joint Declaration on the conditions under which Hong Kong will revert to Chinese rule in 1997. Under the "one country, two systems" formula, Hong Kong will become part of one communist-led country but retain its capitalist economic system and partially democratic political system for 50 years after the handover.
1989 - The massacre of pro-democracy demonstrators in Beijing's Tiananmen Square leads to calls for the introduction of further democratic safeguards in Hong Kong.
1990 - Beijing formally ratifies Hong Kong's post-handover mini-constitution or Basic Law.
1992 April - Chris Patten becomes last British governor of Hong Kong, with a brief to oversee the colony's handover to China.
1992 October - Chris Patten announces proposals for the democratic reform of Hong Kong's institutions aimed at broadening the voting base in elections. China is outraged that it has not been consulted and threatens to tear up business contracts and overturn the reforms after it has taken control.
1992 December - Hong Kong stock market crashes.
1994 June - After nearly two years of bitter wrangling, Hong Kong's legislature introduces a stripped-down version of Chris Patten's democratic reform package. The new legislation widens the franchise but falls far short of providing for universal suffrage.
1995 - Elections held for new Legislative Council (LegCo).
One country, two systems
2002: Hong Kong leader's record unpopularity
2005: Tung Chee-hwa resigns
1997 July - Hong Kong is handed back to the Chinese authorities after more than 150 years of British control. Tung Chee-hwa, a Shanghai-born former shipping tycoon with no political experience, is hand-picked by Beijing to rule the territory following the takeover.
1998 May - First post-handover elections held.
2001 February - Deputy Chief Executive Anson Chan, a former deputy to Chris Patten and one of the main figures in the Hong Kong administration to oppose Chinese interference in the territory's affairs, resigns under pressure from Beijing and is replaced by Donald Tsang.
2002 June - Trial of 16 members of the Falun Gong spiritual movement arrested during a protest outside Beijing's liaison office in the territory. Falun Gong remains legal in Hong Kong, despite having been banned in mainland China in 1999, and the trial is seen as a test of the freedoms Beijing guaranteed to respect after the handover. The 16 are found guilty of causing a public obstruction.
2002 September - Tung Chee-hwa's administration releases proposals for controversial new anti-subversion law known as Article 23.
2003 March-April - Both China and Hong Kong are hit by the pneumonia-like Sars virus. Strict quarantine measures are enforced to stop the disease spreading.
2003 June - Hong Kong is declared free of Sars.
Calls for reform
2003 July - A day after a visit to the territory by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, 500,000 people march against Article 23. Two Hong Kong government members resign. The bill is shelved indefinitely.
2001: Hong Kong warns Falun Gong
2002: Hong Kong tries Falun Gong members
2005: Falun Gong convictions quashed
2004 April - China rules that its approval must be sought for any changes to Hong Kong's election laws, giving Beijing the right to veto any moves towards more democracy, such as direct elections for the territory's chief executive.
2004 July - Some 200,000 people mark the seventh anniversary of Hong Kong's handover to Chinese rule by taking part in a demonstration protesting Beijing's ruling against electing the next chief executive by universal suffrage.
Britain accuses China of interfering in Hong Kong's constitutional reform process in a manner inconsistent with self-governance guarantees agreed before the handover.
2004 September - Pro-Beijing parties retain their majority in LegCo elections widely seen as a referendum on Hong Kong's aspirations for greater democracy. In the run-up to the poll, human rights groups accuse Beijing of creating a "climate of fear" aimed at skewing the result.
2004 December - Chinese President Hu Jintao delivers public rebuke to Tung Chee-hwa, telling him to improve his administration's performance.
Change of guard
2005 March - Amid mounting criticism of his rule, Tung Chee-hwa resigns, citing failing health. He is succeeded in June by Donald Tsang.
2005 May - Hong Kong's highest court overturns the convictions of eight of the Falun Gong members who were found guilty of causing an obstruction in the territory in 2002.
2005 June - Tens of thousands of people commemorate sixteenth anniversary of crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrations in Tiananmen Square. Hong Kong is the only part of China where the 1989 events are marked.
2005 September - Pro-democracy members of LegCo make unprecented visit to Chinese mainland. Eleven members of the 25-strong pro-democracy group had been banned from the mainland for 16 years.
Hong Kong: Past, present, future
2005 December - Pro-democracy legislators block Mr Tsang's plans for limited constitutional reforms, saying they do not go far enough. Mr Tsang said his plans - which would have changed electoral processes without introducing universal suffrage - went as far as Beijing would allow.
2006 March - Pope Benedict XVI elevates Bishop Joseph Zen, the leader of Hong Kong's 300,000 Catholics and an outspoken advocate of democracy, to the post of cardinal. China warns Cardinal Zen to stay out of politics.
2006 July - Tens of thousands of people rally in support of full democracy.
2007 January - New rules aim to restrict the number of pregnant women from mainland China who come to Hong Kong to give birth. Many had been drawn by the prospect of gaining Hong Kong residency rights for their children and evading China's one-child policy.
2007 April - Chief Executive Donald Tsang is appointed to a new five-year term after winning elections in March.
2007 July - Hong Kong marks 10th anniversary of handover to China. New government under Chief Executive Donald Tsang is sworn in. Plans for full democracy unveiled.
Timetable
2007 December - Beijing says it will allow the people of Hong Kong to directly elect their own leader in 2017 and their legislators by 2020.
Mr Tsang hails this as "a timetable for obtaining universal suffrage", but pro-democracy campaigners express disappointment at the protracted timescale.
2008 September - Hong Kong's pro-democracy camp wins more than a third of seats in legislative elections, retaining a key veto over future bills.
2009 June - Tens of thousands of people attend a vigil in Hong Kong on the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre. The territory is the only part of China to mark the anniversary.
2009 December - Hong Kong authorities unveil proposals for political reform in response to pressure for greater democracy, including an enlarged Legislative Council; critics say the moves do not go far enough.
2010 May - Five opposition MPs are returned to their seats, in by-elections they triggered by quitting - a move intended to pressure China to grant the territory full democracy.
Opposition Democratic Party, traditionally hostile to Beijing, holds its first talks with a Chinese official since the 1997 handover.
2010 August - Eight Hong Kong tourists die in a bus hijacking in the Philippines, sparking anger at Manila's handling of the bungled rescue.
( Did you hear your favorite song )
just one last time..
[/color][/center]just one last time..
ROLEPLAY SAMPLE • Hong Kong stared out his window in silent awe, his mouth slightly open from the pure shock of what he was witnessing. His people. Nearly all of his people, were all crowding the the street in front of his home, shouting, screaming, begging for help and rescue. And even more were flooding in to fill in every single space; they were packed together even tighter and closer than sardines. The worst thing of all.. Was that Li had no idea what to do. He was usually the one to point out an obvious solution to someone less observant but this time, he had nothing. So he simply stared at his near rioting people in shock and almost fear.
Suddenly he dropped down to the floor, squeezing his eyes shut as he just narrowly missed being hit by a piece of a street curb that came smashing through his window. Fighting to ignore the faint tears that sprung to the corners of his eyes, he shakily crawled over to grab his phone off his table and he frantically dialed Yao’s number, tentatively listening, waiting for the other’s voice. Upon hearing the ringing stop and a soft click after, he choked out, “Y..Y-Yao.. I-I need your help, I don’t know what to do! Please.. P-Please come help me, Yao! My.. My people, t-they’re-” He stopped short as a loud dial-tone bellowed into his ear and he sat there, shocked.
“Yao..Hung up on me...?” Li whispered out, just staring down at the phone in his hand. He slowly began to sink further into his depression, shakily curling his arms around his knees to pull them to his chest. Only to jump and flinch at a loud crash just outside his home. Conflicting with himself for a moment, he bit his bottom lip and crawled back over to the window; just barely taking a quick glance out. The telephone pole that had previously stood near his window was now completely gone, no doubt hidden beneath the swarming people. A soft, yet shaky sigh of relief left his lips as he slumped against the wall and stared up at the ceiling blankly, the tears finally slipping down his cheeks. At least China hadn’t abandoned him.. All Li could do now was silently pray for his guardian to arrive and help him soon. If he didn’t, Hong Kong could quite possibly be wiped from the map by his own people..
