In China, urban and rural protests
a. are typically directed against local targets and are often accommodated by the party-state.
b. often escalate into challenges directed against the party-state.
c. have become virtually nonexistent since the Tiananmen Square massacre of 1989.
d. are routinely brutally suppressed by local authorities.
e. almost never result in any significant policy changes.
Question 2
Which of the following statement about interest groups in China is NOT true?
a. The Chinese Communist Party supports official mass organizations as a means to provide groups to express their views on policy.
b. Mass organizations are generally subordinate to the Chinese Communist Party but nevertheless do act as effective lobbies on nonpolitical matters.
c. There has been a huge increase in the number of nongovernmental organizations operating in the country since the 1990s.
d. Nongovernmental organizations are directly subordinate to the Chinese Communist Party.
e. China has not restricted the activities of nongovernmental organizations, although it does require them to register and regularly report on their activities.
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