Xiajian

> *"The Kanikawa imperialists' greatest atrocity is plaguing our land with fabricated "nationalities" of "Yōsei-jin", "Cha-jin", etc. In order for Cathei to survive, these Xiajian must be eradicated alongside their Kanikawa masters"*
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> *-Hong Wei, first Prime Minister of the WKF*
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**Xiajian** (夏奸) is a Cathese term referring to traitors of the Xia Cathese people and state. In modern times, its usage mostly applies to Kanikawa collaborators, such as the "Yangxi Empire", as well as the numerous "national identities" created by Kanikawa authorities as part of *Divide and Conquer*. Those perceived as "Xiajian" were heavily persecuted during and after the War of Liberation, having their assets seized and being either executed or sent to reeducation.

## Notable Xiajian

### Pre-Revolution

* Yangxi Clique leaders
	+ Shi Zhenxiang, first President of the Republic of Cathei, and leader of the Yangxi Government
	+ Shi Tang, leader of the Yangxi Clique and later "Emperor" of the "Yangxi Empire"
	+ Shi Lanying, "Empress" of the "Yangxi Empire". She was made a "Yōsei-jin" and Kanikawan nobility, and married one of the Shogun's sons
	+ Su Liwei, one of the few Yangxi warlords who continued serving under the Yangxi, even as Xia Cathese generals were replaced in favor of Zenshanese ones. He was made a "Yōsei-jin" and Kanikawan nobility

### Revolution and WKF

The Xiajian of the revolutionary period refers to Cathese collaborators who served under the Shogunate as politicians, bureaucrats, policemen, soldiers, or other positions of assisting the Shogunate's occupation and oppression of Cathei.

* Kanikawa Kōtoku, general of the Kanikawa clan and son of Shi Lanying.
* Qi Jing'an (Sai Jō-an), "spiritually Kanikawan" military officer who served in the Shogunate Akagawa Army

### "Spiritually Kanikawan" and "New National Identities"

As part of *Divide and Conquer*, the colonizers created new "national identities" to fracture the Xia Cathese ethnic and Cathese national identity.

The "Yōsei-jin" were created in the former "Yangxi Empire", the "Cha-jin" were created in Chajiang Province, the "Akagawa-jin" were created in the Chijiang Delta, "Ume-jin" were created in Meixiang Province, "Oki-jin" in the city of Aogang, "Hachō-jin" in Baidi Province, "Anyama-jin" in the city of Anshan etc. were created to fracture the Xia Cathese identity and assimilate the Cathese. The "Limu-jin" were created to "emphasize" and "strengthen" a "distinct Liamist national identity" from the Liamist Cathese population, and the "Heinan-jin" to assimilate Kon Thiet.

These "new identities" would be persecuted and reeducated in the Great Anti-Colonial Struggle in order to reunify the Cathese national identity, though the deep scars left by imperialism would take over a century to heal

In addition, the idea that non-Zenshanese could be "Spiritually Kanikawan" was heavily promoted. The Cathese were "encouraged" to be "spiritually Kanikawan", such as speaking Zenshanese, assimilating into Kanikawan culture and being loyal to the Kanikawa Shogunate, as well as rejecting their Cathese origins as "inferior" to the "superior Kanikawan culture". The "Spiritually Kanikawan" Xiajian would be rewarded with positions within the colonial power structure. Many high-profile Xiajian considered themselves "Spiritually Kanikawan"