Manfred Elfstrom is assistant professor in the Department of Economics, Philosophy, and Political Science at the University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus, and the author of Workers and Change in China: Resistance, Repression, Responsiveness (Cambridge University Press, 2021).

12.13.2022

• Manfred Elfstrom

Today’s Protests in China Have Been Years in the Making

After years of uniquely repressive COVID policies, protesters across China are demanding the lifting of restrictions and democratic rights. But this eruption is the latest manifestation of conflict that has been roiling China for the past three decades.