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