The **Chinese Protest Wave of 2007 to 2014** was a [wave of strikes and protests](Revolutionary_Wave "wikilink") that hit [China](China "wikilink") from [2007](Timeline_of_Libertarian_Socialism_in_Eastern_Asia "wikilink") to [2013](Revolutions_of_2010_-_2015 "wikilink") 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](Chinese_Golf_Factory_Strike_\(2014\) "wikilink")