Urban-nature of Zero-Covid Protests
Urban community residents and urbanites were the two largest social groups involved in protests that took place from June to December 2022.
Anti-regime “freedom” protests emerged only in November, 2022, staged largely by students.
Full article: The CCP After the Zero-Covid Fail, Journal of Democracy, April 2023.
Size and Regional Distribution of Zero-Covid Protests
What is remarkable is the cross-regional nature of protests, which took place across a dozen coastal cities and provincial capitals.
Most protests were small-scale, attracting a few hundred participants. Those consisting of more than 1,000 participants occurred only in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Chengdu.
Full article: The CCP After the Zero-Covid Fail, Journal of Democracy, April 2023.