On banners, in the streets, and through cyberspace: people in China are speaking out. For a regime constantly flaunting its “over 90% approval rate,” what does dissent really look like in China—from angry flood victims smashing the walls of state buildings, to a seven-year high in Chinese factory strikes?
Faith versus police: a standoff between residents and officers in a Chinese Muslim town. What does the apparent unrest signify for China’s future?
Topics in this episode:
- ‘Wage Hunting’: Unpaid Workers Protest Across China
- Real Estate Crisis Sparks Protest Across China
- China’s Iconic Protest: the Blank Paper Movement
- Rewind: Residents Protest Health Insurance Curbs, Launch China’s ‘White Hair Revolution’
- Chinese Banking Scandal Victims Held Rally With Banners
- Taiwan an ‘Independent Country’: UK Parliament Doc
- Senate Not Following UK’s Taiwan Statement: Schumer
- ASEAN Summit: China’s Sea Standoff with Philippines
- ‘China’s Economy Is in Big Trouble’: Miles Yu on How to Ensure a U.S. Victory