Group Anger of Protests in Rural China: A Simulation Study

Abstract

In this study, we aim to model the group anger in rural China using System Dynamics embedded by Cellular Automaton model, which can effectively describe the characteristics of the emotional behavior. The simulation model demonstrates that the group anger is much easier to be provoked in the turbulence environment, as well as that the peasants with low cognitive level would have higher group anger temperature. Besides, it also demonstrates that normalization pattern of anger governance is more effective than emergency pattern. Building on these results, we propose the policy advises on the rural governance in China.