In China, most protests are quickly censored, so when an act of collective dissent breaches the “Great Firewall,” it opens a rare window to examine tensions between state and society. On August 4, 2025, thousands of residents in a small Chinese city took to the streets to demand accountability in a school bullying case. The incident sheds light on the Chinese government’s continued preference for suppressing dissent, rather than meaningfully addressing the grievances driving that dissent.
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