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China Dissent Monitor - DISSENT EVENTS: 6,396

27 Aug 2024

Similarly, in February 2024, hundreds of Tibetans from Dege County, Ganzi Prefecture, gathered in front of the Dege County government building to demand that authorities cancel the construction of Gangtuo Hydropower Station, which forced them to relocate, resulting in the violent arrest of more than 100 protesters (case 2522). [...] The central government has Yuexiu 3 repeatedly attempted to prevent a collapse of the property sector, which constitutes a quarter of China’s gross domestic product (GDP), through a series of subsidies, Amount of protest events linked to loans, and other tools. [...] Much of the population is concentrated in the eastern half of the country, which naturally leads to a greater number of protest events in those areas. [...] In addition to the size of cities, the type of protest is another factor. [...] Many of the top cities on a per capita basis are in Guangdong’s Pearl River Delta, in part reflecting the frequency of instances where labor in the country’s manufacturing hub has been impacted by the country’s overall economic slowdown.
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