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Defending Stability Under Threat

Pekingology

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Are Protests a Stabilizing Feature of the Regime?

i think there's a tendency to view protest as very much wrapped into regime legitimacy, and rising or protest as indications that the fundamental stability of the regime is under threat. In terms of claims, or in terms of the actos that are involved, as i just said, thare's only like close to three %. Very, very low percentage that could count as overtly political. Andat what i did not mention just now, in for local level focal events, particularly in city centres, the number of protests is actually significantly increased. So people take to the streets. They turn out in higher numbers than usual on these, on these states. I would not say a protest contention is part

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