Mei "Taiwan" Xiao

MEI TAIWAN XIAO


{Beautiful scenery (at your side)
The warmth of human feelings (in your heart)
This will be the reward of your journey
Everyone is looking forward to making it a reality.}

I Feel Like We're Summoning The Devil

[/color]:[/b] Mei Xiao
Nickname/Alias: Meimei, Wanwan, Wan-Chan and even Tai-chan.
Gender: Female
Character Type: Country
Country or Country of Origin: Taiwan // The Republic of China
Canon or Original: Canon…ish?
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When I look into all of your stupid faces

I think how fun it will be to pound them into dust

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Hair: Mei has long, brown hair with a wild, curly strand sticking out on the right side of her head. She also generally wears pink flowers (or really just flowers in general) in her hair.
Height and Weight: 4”11’, 115 lbs.
Other Distinguishing Features: Hidden under her hair, there is a small scar under her ear from where the Seediq were beheaded by the Japanese. She has a burn mark on her left shoulder from the heavy bombings during WWII, and a flower shaped birthmark on her left thigh.

Overall Appearance: Mei is…very fashionable. She wears a preached colored quipao with a golden trim and long, flowing sleeves that fits her entirely too big. Her long, white skirt has peach colored lines running across the bottom. Her hair is long and brown, and, no matter how hard she tries, there is a wild, curly strand that sticks out on the right side of her head. She’s on the short side, and constantly has to look up to meet the faces of her family. She generally keeps her hair down and loose, but, on the off occasion that she does tie it into a side ponytail, she always makes sure to hide her scar. [/size][/ul]

Man up or I'll beat you with my peace prize!

Likes:

• Fashion
  
• Education
  
• Dramas
  
• Singing
  
• Dancing
  
• Family
  
• Romance
  
• Cute things
  
• Planning weddings
  
• Doing things with friends
  
• Photography
  
• Flowers
  
• Friendship
  
• Art

Dislikes:

• Ugly things
  
• Idiots
  
• Law breakers
  
• Liars
  
• Loud people
  
• Past accidents
  
• Being invaded.
  
• Not being acknowledged
  
• Large groups of soldiers (not her own)

Strengths:

• Quick learner
  
• Adaptable
  
• Strong willed
  
• Cheerful
  
• Forgiving
  
• Polite

Weaknesses:

• Easily pressured
  
• Worrying
  
• Can appear cold
  
• Workaholic
  
• Partial introvert

Fears:

• Assimilation
  
• Merging with China
  
• Another White Terror

Secrets:

• Every once in a while, she’ll hear the screams of all the victims of her people being raped and brutally murdered by the Chinese and the Japanese.
  
• Despite ‘forgiving’ him, Mei still panics whenever she sees Yao in his military clothes.

Any Quirks/Habits:

• Crossing her legs while sitting
  
• Impatient with those she dislikes

Overall Personality: Xiao Mei is…a forceful and independent young lady that can also be energetic, lively, and polite. Once she gets to know someone, she is relaxed and not quite shy and quiet as she may seem to those she doesn’t know. Anyone who has known for any given period of time can give testament to the fact that she is very spirited. Just because of her age (being among the youngest of the Asians) did not mean she was going to simply take all the teasing and (to put it frankly) bullying that came her way. Thanks to Yao and Kiku, she has grown up to be a fiercely loyal, passionate, and unrelenting young woman.

Mei lives her live guided by her beliefs and her love for her family and friends. She is willing and enthusiastic to jump into a battle at a moment's notice, or to drop whatever she is doing to ensure that someone she loves has a shoulder to cry on or someone to talk too. When the people in her life have a problem, she always does her best to listen to them as best she can. (Although, sometimes, she has problems doing so due to past relations.) She is caring and compassionate by nature, but she refuses to let that be a reason to let herself be walked all over. (again)

Many people will claim that Mei is abrasive and cold. And, despite what she wants to happen, she kind of is. She doesn’t have the patience or desire to talk to people she doesn’t know (it is really hard for her to become friends new people.) Ever since her falling out with Yao, she has found it increasingly difficult for her to be unbiased in situations she has already decided she dislikes. Her need to stand up against anyone and everyone who has harmed her or someone she loves – or is in the process of doing so – comes from that. She is one of those people who takes everything to heart, and finds it hard to trust people again once they have hurt her or broken her trust. She also tends to wear her heart on her sleeve.

Ever since she separated from Yao, she has become increasingly motivated to become the best she can be. She has been trying harder to boost her economy and help her people in an effort to prove herself to the world.

I'm the hero!

Overall History:

• 1988 years B.C. – Farmers from mainland China settled in Taiwan.
  
• 1622, the Dutch East India Company attempted to establish trading post.
  
• 1624, the Company established a stronghold called Fort Zeelandia
  
• 1626, the Spanish established a trading port.
  
• 1642, last Spanish fortress fell to Dutch Fortresses.
  
• 1662, Zheng Chenggong captured Fort Zeelandia, Dutch government expelled.
  
• 1662-1682, Kingdom of Tungning.
  
• 1683, annexed and placed under the jurisdiction of Fujian province.
  
• 1884, October – occupied, for days, by the French.
  
• 1895, March – Pescadores Campaign
  
• 1885,Taiwan Province
  
• 1895, ceded in full sovereignty to the Empire of Japan
  
• 1895, attempt at the Republic of Formosa, resistance quelled in October.
  
• 1930, Wushe Incident, over 1,000 Seediq killed.
  
• 1935, Assimilation project
  
• 1930s, headhunting practice ended
  
• 1930s, Comfort women
  
• 1945, ROC troops accept the formal surrender of Japanese forces in Taipei.
  
• 1947, 2-28 Incident (taboo until 1995, which is now celebrated as Peace Memorial Day)
  
• 1949, Taipei wartime capital of the ROC.
  
• 1949, May – “Martial law declared
  
• 1949-1987 – White Terror
  
• 1952, Japan renounced all right, claim, and title to Taiwan.
  
• 1955, Formosa Resolution
  
• 1958, Second Taiwan Strait Crisis
  
• 1970s, Taiwan Miracle
  
• 1970s, beginning of the Four Asian Tigers
  
• 1979, Kaohsiung Incident
  
• 1986, DPP formed and inaugurated
  
• 1987, Martial law lifted

You've got it backwards! Backwards!

Hurry up and throw it! If you don't hurry up and throw it, you'll go "boom"!

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I’m gonna be lazy…look at Mexico. XD

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I Summon thee from far away lands, come forth!

You called?

[/color]:[/b] Allie (:
Timezone: Central

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