South China Revolt

A general uprising by the new middle class started on October 1, 2049 CE, the centennial of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. Mass demonstrations in Guangzhou spread by global media coverage and Internet chat rooms to the autonomous regions of Hong Kong and Macao. Within a week the middle class in all of the major cities and the four municipalities were demanding the dissolution of the National Peoples Congress and the establishment of democratic rule. The General Secretary and members of the Central Committee escaped from Beijing by air to Iran and then by submarine to Cuba where they established a government in exile.