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Issue 9: July – September 2024

In the ninth issue of the China Dissent Monitor, Freedom House researchers logged 937 dissent events in the third quarter of 2024, a 27 percent increase over the same period in 2023. These events included labor and property owner protests, and dissent events led by minority groups. The latest issue of the China Dissent Monitor is out now.
 

Highlights:
 

• CDM logged 937 dissent events in the third quarter of 2024, a 27 percent increase over the same period in 2023.
• Citizens fighting for autonomy in their communities. This issue analyzes 174 cases of homeowners pushing back against perceived abuses and overreach by property management companies. 
• Dissenting through xinfang. Citizens often use xinfang, or petitioning, a complaint channel encouraged by the government, to carry out collective action or other contentious forms of dissent.
• Rise in frequency of consumer and investor protests. Despite the grievances originating with the conduct of private companies, nearly 40 percent of these protests demand government intervention.

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