Chinese Protest Wave (2007 - 2014)

The Chinese Protest Wave of 2007 to 2014 was a wave of strikes and protests that hit China from 2007 to 2013 over issues of workers' rights, racial discrimination, environmental protection and government corruption. Hong Kong-based China's Labour Bulletin records 2,582 strikes during this period.

2007

Chinese residents force relocation of chemical plant in Xiamen, 2007

2008

Tibetan monks protest Chinese rule (Lhasa Protests), 2008

Chinese middle-class and farmers protest petrochemical plant in Chengdu (Chengdu Stroll), 2008

2009

Guangzhou residents protest incinerator, 2009

Chinese activist Feng Zhenghu occupies Tokyo airport, ends his own exile from China, 2009-2010

2010

Chinese autoworkers strike to demand higher wages from Honda, 2010

Tibetan students campaign to defend Tibetan language in schools, Tibet and China, 2010

2011

Chinese farmers protest solar panel plant pollution, Haining, 2011

Chinese middle class protesters challenge chemical plant in Dalian, 2011

Shanghai truck drivers strike to lower trucking fees, 2011

Tibetans boycott Chinese vegetable vendors, Qinghai, Tibet/China, 2011

Wukan villagers protest corrupt land sale, 2011

Chinese Migrant Workers Protest for Equal Civil Rights (2011)

2012

Chinese residents and students stop petrochemical plant expansion in Ningbo, 2012

Shifang students prevent copper plant construction, China, 2012

Hong Kong students and residents reject national-education classes, 2012

2013

Tibetan "Unchain the Truth" campaign for prisoner release, 2013-2014

2014

Chinese workers at golf equipment factory strike for benefits and union representation, 2014