What are the key reasons behind the growing collective protests that have erupted in China in the past decade or so? Are the recent responses of the Chinese authorities to these protests effectively addressing the root causes of such problems?
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2. Content
• Current status of collective resistance
• Effectiveness of collective resistance
• What have been done?
3. “for his long and non-
violent struggle for
fundamental human
rights in China”
-Nobel Committee 2008
4. -Charged with spreading a
message to subvert the
country and authority
-Charged with disturbing the
social order
-Charged with spreading
messages to instigate
counter-revolutionary
behavior.
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8. Why do people protest?
many protestors exhibit grievances and
feeling of injustice…
9. Structural Factors
• Fast-growing economy
• Industrial restructuring
• Urbanization
• Market reform
• More complicated society
• Number of agents and
contracts
• Lack of rule of law
• Central planning
• Abuse of power
• Civil conflicts
• State-citizen
disputes
12. Effectiveness of collective resistance:
Central vs Local Governments
• Tolerance
levels
• Blockage in
state
authorities
13. Effectiveness of collective resistance:
• Political space
• State tolerance
• Mobilization
• Legal punishment does not apply to participants in
large-scale action (法不責眾)
• Leaders and Activist
• Bear legal responsibility
• Negotiate
• Information dissemination
• Agree on goals
15. Limitations of collective resistance:
• Degree of accessibility
• Many modes are
restricted and “illegal”
• Cost
• Reported vs actual
litigated cases
• Required knowledge
account
• People tend to tolerate in
rural areas
17. Push factors
• Internet
• Educated population
• More Institutionalized
• More lawyers
• Central vs Local Communication
• Relaxed regulations
• Regime resilience
18. Pull factors
• Media censorship
• Legal system
• Political reform
• Confucius culture
