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About Kai Yang

Kai Yang is a research assistant professor at Lingnan University of Hong Kong. He employs qualitative and computational methods to study contentious politics and political trust, with a particular focus on veteran-state relations. His research articles have appeared in peer-reviewed journals such as Comparative Politics, The China Quarterly, The China Journal, and Journal of Contemporary China. He is on Twitter: @EagoYang.

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Disturbing but Not Politically Threatening: Veterans’ Activism in the Xi Era

Posted on 3 July 2023 by Kai Yang

In October 2016, more than 1,000 veterans rallied outside the Ministry of National Defence in Beijing in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) to demand better government support. In February 2017, a similar incident occurred outside the offices of the Central Commission for Discipline and Inspection, also in the capital. The next year, more than … more

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