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Issue 5: July – September 2023
Since June 2022, Freedom House has tracked more than 3,740 dissent events, varying from sign protests to housing protests, and increasingly protests by retirees seeking public benefits from local governments, and religious and ethnic minorities. The fifth issue of the China Dissent Monitor is out now.
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Highlights:
From July to September 2023:
CDM has collected 3,740 dissent events since June 2022. During the third quarter of 2023, CDM logged 707 dissent events, led by labor (62 percent) and housing (25 percent) protests, with the remainder linked to issues including retiree benefits, school safety, forced demolition, religious freedom, and abuses of state power.
Retiree protest on the rise. CDM has documented 42 protests this year by retirees seeking public benefits from local governments. Beginning with three large demonstrations at the beginning of the year, this form of dissent is becoming more frequent, with protests doubling since July 2023.
Economic protests hit a new high. CDM has logged 461 protests linked to economic grievances in August and September 2023, 1.5 times greater than the number logged over the same period in 2022.
Repression varies by group. Of the 2,083 fully coded cases, CDM has documented direct evidence of repression in 620 cases (30 percent). Members of religious or ethnic minority groups, including Falun Gong members, Christians, and Tibetans, experience repression at higher rates, which reflects the greater risk that members of these groups face when speaking out.
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