[m]ore than three million people took part in protests in China last year, according to official statistics. ...Keep hope alive.
The main problems ... are wage disputes, social welfare problems, the restructuring of state-owned enterprises, and evictions. ...
Many protests in China happen far from the public eye, but these figures show they are on the rise.
The Ministry of Public Security says last year there were more than 58,000 "mass incidents" - the term they use to describe public protests - involving three million people: that is an increase of almost 15% over the year before.
Thursday, June 17, 2004
Quickly noted
Before this gets too far away: The BBC reported on June 8 that
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