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Issue 3: January-March 2023
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Since June 2022, Freedom House has tracked over 2,000 dissent events, varying from sign protests, labor strikes, to housing protests. The third issue of the China Dissent Monitor is out now.

Highlights:
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• Spike in labor protests: CDM has captured 370 labor protests between December 2022 and February 2023, more than double the number of labor protests documented during the prior three months. 
• Housing protests persist: Demonstrations over stalled housing projects and related grievances have declined relative to their high point last summer, but they continue to be a primary source of dissent. 
• Dissent among persecuted religious and ethnic communities: Despite severe restrictions on religious and ethnic minorities in the PRC, people in these communities continue to push back. 
• Protester arrest more likely when demonstrating against local government: CDM has documented evidence of repression in one-quarter of dissent events. 

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