帝国日报 Strike at Liaojiang Railroad, Foreign Hostages
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Worker's working on the Liaojiang Railroad, which connects Zhenjing with Danbin, have begun striking following the collapse of a bridge and the deaths of eight railroad workers. Citing poor working conditions and low wages, the worker's, represented by the United Railroad Worker's Association, have petitioned the government to review the contract given awarded to the Danish Norgaard and Larsen Far Eastern Development Company. Worker's have taken project overseers hostage, including seven Danish nationals, sparking concerns from other foreign companies as to the security of their projects. The Imperial Ministry of the Interior has yet to comment on the situation, and local authorities are attempting to handle the situations. The Liaojiang Railroad was set to be completed by December of this year and aspired to connect the developing industries in the south to the Imperial seat of Zhenjing, increasing connectivity between the two regions ten-fold since the destruction of two other rail connections in the south during the 1947 Luhu Dam collapse. |
帝国日报 Imperial Government Warns of Poor Crop Yields
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The Imperial government has begun releasing rice stockpiles to select regions in anticipation for a low yield season, an unpromising sign as the Mid-Autumn Festival approaches. Poor weather in the northern regions of the nation has resulted in crops with exceptionally lows yields, and agricultural experts warn that the northern regions risk famine if measures are not taken by the provincial leadership and Imperial government. While stockpiles of grains are normally reserved for wartime provisions, Yujin has been plagued by insufficient rainfall and poor crops for 3 harvest seasons, with many peasant farmers unable to pay rent and malnutrition becoming endemic in many regions of the country. Despite repeated pleas by farmers for debt amnesty, many hundreds of landowners have begun removing their tenants and saving land until fair weather returns. Imperial authorities assure afflicted regions that grain stores are sufficiently capable of providing food for residents, and that every effort will be undertaken to ensure that famine does not become an issue. Historically, Yujin has undergone prolonged periods of drought and famine every century, and scholars express that this unfortunate blight is a natural occurrence. Regardless, the need to import basic necessities as well as slower than expected growth is driving the Empire further into debt against nations such as Engellex and Danmark, which provide the majority of loans to Yujin. |