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January 1, 2020Mobilization An International Quarterly

A Protest Society Evaluated: Popular Protests in China, 2000–2019*

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Reveals trends in popular protests in China, highlighting state responses and social dynamics.

Key Points

  • The research aims to evaluate the trends and characteristics of popular protests in China from 2000 to 2019.
  • Developed a database consisting of over 12,000 news stories on mass protests in China from 2000 to 2019.
  • Analyzed the geographical spread and social group involvement in the protests.
  • Explored state responses, including surveillance and repression under Xi Jinping's rule.
  • Identified a trend of declining protests post-2010s, despite widespread initial mobilization.
  • Noted the Chinese state's inadequate capacity to channel protests into institutional forms.
  • Highlighted increased arrests and repression as key state responses to protests.

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Chih-Jou Jay Chen (2020) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a0e9cd92eca052da6479d72https://doi.org/10.17813/1086-671x-25-5-641
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