Popular protest is set to dominate the agenda
While the resistance in Tibet has drawn the most attention, two other groups are making life uncomfortable for the Chinese government: dispossessed landowners and environmentalists. Popular protest is set to dominate the agenda beyond the Olympic Games, writes He Qinglian. [ more ]
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is Director of the FOI Project of Privacy International and a vsiting research fellow at the Department of Law, University of Leeds.
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