China Dissent Monitor Issue 6: October – December 2023 DISSENT EVENTS: 4,638 WHAT IS THE CHINA DISSENT MONITOR? The China Dissent Monitor (CDM) collects and shares information about the frequency and diversity of dissent in the People’s Republic of China (PRC). [...] On the same day, the deceased’s family held up the teenager’s photos in front of the school, along with a banner reading “Return my child,” and shouted, “Qinghuayuan teachers killed a student.” Protesters in front of the Yuhuayuan School in Henan protesting the death of a student in December 2023 (source: Twitter account @YesterdayBigcat) Thousands of people joined the family, marching to the scho. [...] Following the implementation of Measures on the Supervision and Management of Financial Affairs of Venues for Religious Activities in June 2022, the Chinese government repeatedly and falsely accused church members of “fraud.” CDM documented the case of a church in Linfen, Shanxi Province, writing a letter to the attorney general protesting that the law defied common sense (case 1628). [...] Besides the fear of potential health risks, the protesters also raised concerns over the impact on cultural heritage, namely in the ancient town of Xinchang, that might be caused by the project (cases 2327, 2328). [...] Other factors such as the political importance of a region to the CCP or public security expenditure could also impact the prevalence of repression, as investigated in a paper by scholars Yao Li and Manfred Elfstrom.
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