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Issue 7: January – March 2024
Since June 2022, Freedom House has tracked more than 5,445 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 seventh issue of the China Dissent Monitor is out now.
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Highlights:
From October through December 2023:
Documented protest increased 21 percent year-on-year. During the first quarter of 2024, CDM logged 655 dissent events, a 21 percent increase over the same period in 2023. CDM has logged a total of 5,455 cases of dissent since June 2022.
Increased censorship on video platforms. CDM data indicates that protest-related posts on Douyin, China’s version of Tiktok, during the first quarter dropped by approximately 50 percent compared to the previous quarter.
Protests over inadequate heating. CDM has documented 51 demonstrations or sign protests during the past two winters by home owners and buyers over inadequate heating in northern regions of China, such as Shaanxi, Shandong, and Liaoning.
Dissent through music. In this issue, CDM examines the ways Chinese citizens incorporate music into dissent against authorities. In 5 cases, people raised rainbow flags at concerts despite restrictions on the public display of this symbol in recent years.
Demanding justice for gender-based violence. CDM has logged 29 cases of dissent against sexual assault and sexual harassment, predominantly in the form of women publicly naming alleged perpetrators online. Over the past 12 months, women have increasingly used “real-name complaints,” a kind of symbolic protest that has been used across a range of issues in China.
The myriad ways citizens dissent. CDM has documented more than three dozen types of dissent in the PRC, such as group and solo demonstrations, protest through art, non-cooperation, cyber dissent, and contentious petitioning or lawsuits.
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