China and The Winter RevolutionChinese meteorologists were the first to predict the arrival of The Big Freeze. The government was initially reluctant to take action, particularly since China had escaped the harsher winters experienced by the Western Hemisphere in previous years and the two bumper harvest years for all crops.Many prefectures however did begin the first steps towards the Winter Revolution by setting up ad-hoc committees and co-operative networks to share resources and keep supply lines open. When the Big Freeze began to sweep across China, the plans and infrastructure for the Winter Revolution were already in place in many counties and prefectures. With conventional lines of communication and control broken and fragmented, the Winter Revolution was the only reliable means of organisation. Militant groups, with no association to the Winter Revolution, turned against the state and targeted The Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) lines of communications before laying siege to the Central Committee and attacking members of the politburo, standing committee, State Council and ministers as well as the secretariat. Isolated Regiments across China were unaware of the rebellion and in the first few weeks put their attention to ensuring the survival of local communities by assisting the Winter Revolution. When the Winter Revolution co-ordinators learned of the attacks they quickly issued communiqués and the PLA, with the help of the Winter Revolution courageously organised against the insurgents. Many lives were heroically sacrificed and lost in the struggle that saw the restoration of the Government Institutiuons, though significantly modified to deal more effectively with the Bog Freeze and to make best use of the advances made by the Winter Revolution. The resilience and co-operative strength of the Chinese people during the Big Freeze transformed the nation into a network of supply lines through which people shared resources and supported each other through the first years of the crisis. The Winter Revolution effectively supplemented and bolstered the weakened State apparatus, giving isolated and urban communities the confidence and ability to survive the worst. In the first year of the Winter Revolution, Industry quickly shifted to developing the technologies that would protect and preserve the nations people and resources. During the two years after the Freeze and Flood, the vast network of co-operative community systems that worked so well across the country, under the guidance of the Peoples Central Emergency Committee, organically evolved into a new system of government. The Winter Revolution was so successful in establishing a viable post-freeze recovery plan that the following years saw the Chinese Government assemble teams of engineers, scientists and community leaders in response to requests for assistance from across the Western world. The designs for the vast machines that would help clean up and rebuild communities across Europe and the Americas begun with Chinese Plans, resources and support. Although many observers saw the Winter Revolution as the emergence of a true Anarcho-Syndicalist governance, the Chinese insisted their system of government was the ultimate proof of the strength and natural success of Communism. Towards the end of the Winter Revolution, the defeated militant communists who failed to overthrow the government, and their supporters (equally unhappy with the way things were going in China) made their way to North Korea. Groups of ‘Loyal Communists,’ totalling between two to three million in all, undertook what they called the Second Long March, named in honour of a historic event in 1934 that led to the ascent of power of Mao Zedong (Chairman Mao).The arrival of the militants in North Korea quickly led to the invasion of South Korea. |
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