Mass Protests in China (III): Summary and Government Response Policy

Abstract

This issue builds on the two previous issues on Mass Protests in China, drawing on the Ministry of Public Security compilation of provincial reports in 1999. The first issue was focused on reports of provincial and municipal public security bureaus on the behavioral features, frequency and mode of violence of mass protests in their jurisdiction and their counter measures. The second issue focuses on the different types of mass protests, including laid-off miners, fleeced investors of financial defaults, distressed taxicab drivers, inter-religious discord, and conflict over natural resources. The current issue includes a nationwide summary report of these mass protests, the set of regulations promulgated by the State Public Security Bureau on how to manage these protests, and reports on three special units and institutions – the Patrol Police, the Anti-Riot Squadron and the Early Detection and Control System.