Controlling Public Dissent Through Media Coverage on Administrative Lawsuits in China

• In Event: Protests, Policing, and Corruption Control in China

Brief Overview

Why does China’s central media cover administrative court cases where citizens sue their government? We explain this seemingly self-defeating choice as an autocrat’s co-optation and repression strategy towards its potential regime challengers.

Authors

• Jongyoon Baik, University of Chicago

• Ling Dai, Information Resources